How to update BIOS on a system that only use Linux as OS.

Asking this because some clowns at Acer decided that they will only provide BIOS updates through Windows Update.

Edit: I’m not talking about installing the BIOS file. They don’t even provide BIOS file in the first place.

  • gpstarmanOP
    32·
    4 months ago

    you can extract the EXE i believe

    Yes, that’s possible.

    But, I am scared about screwing uy BIOS.

    • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      That is always a risk when updating a bios!

      Depending on the motherboard (I think its more on desktop mobos) you get two bios chips, one used to recover from a bad flash of the other

      edit it could also be the case there hasn’t been a bios update released

      • gpstarmanOP
        3·
        4 months ago

        There is a new BIOS update. But I think I’m just gonna leave it at this point.

        • TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.world
          2·
          4 months ago

          You might as well try. Had a similar issue with Samsung SSD, where they only had support for windows with a .exe, but which created a small Linux system that was installed in the UEFI boot position. So I searched for the Linux executable in the middle of all that mess and executed it directly. Problem solved.