Tag Archives: BIOS

Lenovo L15 Gen 3: Warning about BlackScreen after BIOS update to v1.30

Posted on 2024-07-10 by guenni

[German]Next warning about BIOS updates for Lenovo Thinkpad L15 – the Gen 3 models are also affected by a problem in BIOS version 1.30. A reader recently informed me that a Lenovo L15 Gen 3 (Intel) notebook broke after a … Continue reading →

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BIOS-Update 01.17.00 bricks HP Probooks 445 G7 and 455 G7

Posted on 2024-06-11 by guenni

[German]Warning of an extremely unpleasant thing. Hewlett Packard (HP) has released a broken BIOS version that turns notebooks of the HP Probook 445 G7 455 G7 models from 2020 into expensive paperweights. You should not install the BIOS update 01.17.00 … Continue reading →

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Warning about Lenovo L15 Gen1 (AMD) BIOS 1.33

Posted on 2024-05-26 by guenni

[German]I'm posting a warning here in the blog that I received from a reader. It concerns at least the Lenovo L15 Gen1 (AMD) systems. The manufacturer seems to be delivering a faulty BIOS version 1.33, which is causing trouble. The … Continue reading →

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HP PC BIOS Security Updates (Feb. 2023)

Posted on 2023-02-28 by guenni

[German]Vendor HP published a security article on February 21, 2023, addressing BIOS updates for HP systems. Potential time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities in the BIOS of certain HP PC products have been identified, allowing for arbitrary code execution, denial of … Continue reading →

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Lenovo BIOS/UEFI updates fix vulnerabilities, hundreds of models affected (9.2022)

Posted on 2022-09-15 by guenni

[German]Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo has released updates for the BIOS/UEFI of hundreds of its computer models. These are intended to address serious vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-28216, CVE-2022-40134, CVE-2022-40135, CVE-2022-40136, CVE-2022-40137), which Lenovo describes in a security advisory. 

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Dell BIOS update causes (boot) issues with notebooks and desktop systems (12.2021)

Posted on 2021-12-22 by guenni

[German]Any of you with more recent Dell notebooks or desktop systems? Then you might want to be a little cautious with recent BIOS (UEFI) updates and read this post beforehand. There is evidence that a BIOS update from Dell can … Continue reading →

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Notebooks (Acer, Lenovo) suddenly fails with "no bootable device" (Oct. 2021)

Posted on 2021-10-28 by guenni

[German]It looks like the last few days devices from Acer, Lenovo etc. with Windows suddenly refuse to boot with "no bootable device". The cause is not quite clear yet – it could have been a Windows update. Furthermore, it seems … Continue reading →

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Windows: Dell OptiPlex 7070 BIOS update enables Cloud install

Posted on 2019-10-06 by guenni

Just a short information: At the end of September 2019, Dell released a BIOS update for its Dell OptiPlex 7070 systems. This provides support for downloading recovery images from the cloud.

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Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i7RYH BIOS Update

Posted on 2019-06-13 by guenni

[German]Intel has released a new BIOS update for its NUC kit NUC5i7RYH. Applies to the BIOS of the Intel® NUC Kits NUC5i3RYH, NUC5i3RYHS, NUC5i3RYK, NUC5i5RYH, NUC5i5RYHS, NUC5i5RYK and NUC5i7RYH.

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Dell: New BIOS is causing Bitlocker issues

Posted on 2018-10-30 by guenni

[German]Just a brief note for owners of Dell devices using Bitlocker under Windows. Dell has released a BIOS update that can cause issues with Bitlocker encryption. 

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