Problems using tool with Dell Dimension 8250

[Michael_E_Brown at Dell.com]

Interesting question. I've never seen it get that far and fail. We will
need to ask somebody on the BIOS team.

Did the BIOS throw any useful error messages on the screen when it
attempted flash?
--
Michael 

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> Behalf Of Stephen John Smoogen
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:06 AM
> To: firmware-tools-devel at lists.us.dell.com
> Subject: Problems using tool with Dell Dimension 8250
> 
> I have a Dell Dimension 8250 (currently BIOS A02), and decided to try
> the firmware tools to update. Followed the instructions on the wiki
> page and yum installed the package
> 
> system_bios_ven_0x1028_dev_0x0145-a04-14.1
> 
> as expected. Rebooted the system and saw it flash  a message saying
> that it was attempting to flash the bios to A04, and then the grub
> screen shows up. Checking the BIOS again, it is still at A02. What are
> the debugging steps I should try to find out why this isnt working.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
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