Hi, I hope some one has some advice for me. I searched the forums but didn't see anything relevant. I acquired two identical Dell 9010 Mid Tower computers from a business office upgrade (they were going to throw them out). Both of them have the same motherboard (00F82W). One of them works flawlessly. The other one had a corrupted BIOS. I tried flashing numerous main BIOS and EC files from the internet, but none of them worked. I decided to copy the main BIOS and EC from the working 9010 computer and successfully flashed the corrupted BIOS. This got the computer able to boot again and run normally.
Now for the advice request: Both computers have BIOS version A13. I would like to upgrade the BIOS in both computers to a higher version. I downloaded all of the BIOS versions from A13 – A30 in their .exe packages from Dell. I tried A14 first which failed from the .exe install. I got a message saying a driver file (DBUtil_2_3.sys) cannot load. I downloaded a utility from Dell that is supposed to detect and delete that file. It ran its search but found no instances of the file. A manual search found no instance of that file. So, then I made a bootable DOS USB drive and loaded the .exe files on to it. From all indications the upgrade install ran like it should. When the computer shut down after the upgrade (that's normal), the upgrade was supposed to install itself. It did not. The BIOS version remains at A13. I tried most of the other .exe BIOS installer packages via .exe install and DOS with no luck. The BIOS version remains at A13. I don't think the BIOS ICs could be locked because I successfully dumped the working computer BIOS files and successfully flashed the other computer's BIOS. I have visited numerous forums and have tried dozens of suggestions over many weeks, but none of them would upgrade the BIOS version. Since both computers are running normally with A13, I suppose I could leave them both alone. What am I doing wrong? Any ideas? Thanks!
Now for the advice request: Both computers have BIOS version A13. I would like to upgrade the BIOS in both computers to a higher version. I downloaded all of the BIOS versions from A13 – A30 in their .exe packages from Dell. I tried A14 first which failed from the .exe install. I got a message saying a driver file (DBUtil_2_3.sys) cannot load. I downloaded a utility from Dell that is supposed to detect and delete that file. It ran its search but found no instances of the file. A manual search found no instance of that file. So, then I made a bootable DOS USB drive and loaded the .exe files on to it. From all indications the upgrade install ran like it should. When the computer shut down after the upgrade (that's normal), the upgrade was supposed to install itself. It did not. The BIOS version remains at A13. I tried most of the other .exe BIOS installer packages via .exe install and DOS with no luck. The BIOS version remains at A13. I don't think the BIOS ICs could be locked because I successfully dumped the working computer BIOS files and successfully flashed the other computer's BIOS. I have visited numerous forums and have tried dozens of suggestions over many weeks, but none of them would upgrade the BIOS version. Since both computers are running normally with A13, I suppose I could leave them both alone. What am I doing wrong? Any ideas? Thanks!