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I have a question. I have an Asus Pegasus 07/26/2000-VT694X- PEGASUS But can I upgrade my BIOS? If I start my computer, there comes a message:Award Medallion Bios v6.0 Award Plug and Play Bios Extension v1.0a
Name: StuartS Date: August 12, 2009 at 03:45:02 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, the question is; Why update the BIOS?
If you have a particular problem that you know a BIOS update will solve then by all means. There is no need to update the BIOS just becasue there is a later release. It may just be addressing problems with hardware you dont have.
Even if you do updae the BIOS you will still get the same version number if the BIOS information you posted. Each manufactures tweaks the BIOS for there own hardware and have a diferent verion number which is the one you should be looking at.
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