I am a little biased on the subject of BIOS updates. If you are not sure how to do an update or what the procedure is then my advice is don't do it. A BIOS update is recommended if you need it to correct a problem. If the system is working fine now then I would let it be. The forum is full of posts dealing with failed BIOS updates and bricked systems. Just my opinion but if it ain't broke...
Going thru a clean install on new laptop, bios update failed through windows update. Update is older "Urgent" version (0.1.4), not the most recent "recommended" update (0.1.5) I can't find the specifics as to what this update addresses- I've always followed the advice to not update bios unless there is a critical security/functionality issue it fixes. Since this is listed as urgent (at least the older version), I plan to update it- tho clearly this must be done from the bios itself since it failed from windows? Before I go further into messing with my bios, I would like to know what it is fixing, as well as how to flash it correctly- I am slowly making my way thru the philip yip dell clean install guide so I will likely follow the directions there for flashing the bios unless someone has a different procedure to suggest. I read some other threads about bitlocker disabling? Is that a necessity?
Question/Failure Bios Update Inspiron 16 5620