Dell Optiplex GX620 BIOS Update

[Lord_Pluto]

I am trying to update the BIOS on my dell optiplex gx620, it is no longer running the stock os, Windows XP Pro 32 bit, but now running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. I keep getting errors when trying to use the BIOS updater. I ran as "administrator" and then windows stops the BIOS updater because of unsigned drivers, i have before changed settings so that it will install unsigned drivers, but it still won't.

Thanks for any help given!

 

[blazorthon]

You might need to run Windows XP for that to work. Windows XP 32 bit doesn't have much support, if any at all, for Windows 7 drivers, especially 64 bit drivers, so anything in that update that needs XP drivers will fail to work. Anything that tries to use 32 bit XP drivers in Windows 7 x64 will also fail and that is likely what's going on here.

 

[Lord_Pluto]

is there a way i can do this with out, getting rid of my windows 7 install?
Would a virtual machine work?

 

[blazorthon]

is there a way i can do this with out, getting rid of my windows 7 install?
Would a virtual machine work?

Yes to the first question and probably no to the second question. What you might do is get another storage drive (maybe even a USB flash drive), remove the Windows 7 drive, install XP x32 on that other drive, try updating the BIOS and if that works, then shutting down the computer to reconnect the drive that holds the Windows 7 installation and then maybe reformatting the XP drive.

 

[Lord_Pluto]

Best answer selected by Lord_Pluto.

 

[nikorr]

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