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Updating BIOS via Linux ? (lemmy.today)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Razer was the worst. It had to be done thru a ‘legitimate’ copy of the latest full Microsoft Windows (no old Windows, Windows PE, FreeDOS, etc.) & the purpose was to give you a black+green GUI experience. After I emailed them about this several years ago when I had a Razer laptop, they put up a sign on the support page now saying installing Linux voids both you warranty & any support tickets.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I’ve also found Razer to be quite bad both in quality of hardware and support.

    Only thing I own now that is made by Razer is a mouse.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Funny is that they did a big push for a hot minute to be the next developer-friendly laptop goto as they had a lot of power & æsthetics that were slim & looked alright in an office compared to everything else at the time where gaming laptops needed RGB & a hood scoop while non-gaming laptop suffered massively in performance. I picked one up around that announcement, but a few years & they completetly doubled back.

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