Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Chipsets & Bios > Can i use a vista update bios in windows xp ?

Can i use a vista update bios in windows xp ?

Forum Motherboards & Memory : Chipsets & Bios - Can i use a vista update bios in windows xp ?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
siatjo   04-20-2009 at 01:55:01 AM

i have a hp pavillion ( a6210) and i can only update bios using an exe file from windows vista . I have installed windows xp .... I runned the file as a vista executable and i am wondering if its safe to eventually flash the bios :) . Will my pc restarts or not :) just wondering :)

Btw i want to do this just to fix a problem with mouse lagging on an fps game

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   04-20-2009 at 02:16:20 AM
- 0 +

Did you call HP support? They should be able to answer your question. I doubt the executable is Vista specific, but I would ask HP to confirm that it will work fine under HP.

Reply to GhislainG
siatjo   04-21-2009 at 05:15:30 AM
- 0 +

On their site where i downloaded the file i read that Hp supports only vista os and nothing else :) As for the file it says that it will work only on windows vista . . . . Maybe i ll use a hd with vista installed just to flash the bios :)

Reply to siatjo
Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   04-21-2009 at 05:27:45 AM
- 0 +

HP definitely won't support XP or any OS other than Vista, but I'm a bit surprised that the BIOS update runs on Vista only.

Reply to GhislainG
Rogue77777   04-21-2009 at 06:13:00 AM
- 0 +

Ask yourself one question; is it worth taking the chance? You just might be opening a can of worms. :)
Good Luck

Reply to Rogue77777
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Chipsets & Bios > Can i use a vista update bios in windows xp ?
Go to:

There are 1344 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.396 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them