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		<title>Dell Laptop Bios Upgrade Step by Step Instructions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some step by step instructions for upgrading the bios in your Dell Laptop.

Visit www.support.dell.com and select &#34;I&#8217;m Looking for Drivers and Downloads&#34;.

Select your machine type (Laptop / Desktop) Then your family model, then the specific model within that family.

Once you arrive at the main page for your hardware expand the bios section and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are some step by step instructions for upgrading the bios in your Dell Laptop.</p>
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<p>Visit <a href="http://www.support.dell.com">www.support.dell.com</a> and select &quot;I&#8217;m Looking for Drivers and Downloads&quot;.</p>
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<p>Select your machine type (Laptop / Desktop) Then your family model, then the specific model within that family.</p>
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<p>Once you arrive at the main page for your hardware expand the bios section and click the link Dell &#8211; Bios</p>
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<p>Next Download your Bios file.</p>
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<p>Bios files are typically small so should download quickly.</p>
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<p>Once downloaded, come out of everything and make sure your laptop is on mains power. Then run the bios file you downloaded.</p>
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<p>It will confirm the current bios level and tell you want number it&#8217;s going to upgrade too.</p>
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<p>The last prompt you will see is this one.</p>
<p>When you click ok your laptop will immediately reboot, it will then perform the bios upgrade on a DOS like white screen and then reboot.</p>
<p>It may take longer than usual to load the Bios the first time it&#8217;s run, So leave it. It should only be a moment or so.</p>
<p>Then your laptop will boot windows and the upgrade is complete.</p>
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