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by rev_null 1225 days ago
I have an ASUS motherboard and recently went through the process of updating the BIOS. One of the things worth nothing is that it is not safe to just get the latest version and try to run EZ-flash. Some of the updates will update EZ-flash as well and those become required for installing later updates.

The download page actually has release notes which specify when a certain BIOS is required, but you basically have to read back through all of them to figure out which ones to install.
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icefo 1225 days ago
Similarly, I broke idrac on a Dell sever because I did not follow the proper upgrade path.

I just assumed that the latest bios was good and the server happily bricked itsefl

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milesdyson_phd 1225 days ago
the newer (8+) iDRAC's are nice now that you can point them at downloads.dell.com and it will figure out the updates for you
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geerlingguy 1225 days ago
The annoying thing about the release notes is whether buying new or used, the BIOS is usually wildly out of date, so you end up in an unwinnable scenario.
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throw7 1225 days ago
I also recall some IBM xservers had specific revisions to be at to flash forward.
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