#DELL OPTIPLEX 3020 BIOS UPDATE UPDATE#
#DELL OPTIPLEX 3020 BIOS UPDATE WINDOWS 10#
#DELL OPTIPLEX 3020 BIOS UPDATE WINDOWS 8.1#

In the command prompt window, type cd x: and press the Enter key, where ' x' is the drive letter of the USB key. Right-click cmd in the search results and select Run as administrator. In Windows 7 or Windows Vista - Click the Start button and type command prompt in the search box.

#DELL OPTIPLEX 3020 BIOS UPDATE WINDOWS 8.1#

In Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 - Press the Windows key + X on the keyboard to open a power user menu and select Command Prompt (Admin) Open Command prompt in administrator mode. Right-click on the USB drive and click Format.Д¬lick Start to being formatting the USB key.

Press the Windows key + E to open File Explorer (also known as Windows Explorer).

#DELL OPTIPLEX 3020 BIOS UPDATE UPDATE#

And it can't reboot when a Restart is initiated, either by a BIOS update or simply selecting Restart from the shutdown menu in Windows 10.Д«ios recovery requires USB 2.0 fat32 flash drive. I am curious to hear more about this BIOS restoration that mentioned, but I fear the same result because a Restart is initiated upon any attempted BIOS update. Something is happening between BIOS and even loading the flash utility at the boot menu. The funny thing is, if upon cold power up I enter into BIOS, I can then change settings or set to defaults, and exit, and it will Restart just fine. Then go to the start menu and Restart from the shutdown menu. I can boot into Windows 10, which I have on the SSD. I don't think the issue is related to the BIOS update. I put in a third stick that wasn't originally in the system. No BIOS logo screen telling me the update is proceeding. Screen goes dark, but the computer will not reboot. After loading the file, I say 'Begin Flash Update' then 'Yes'. I tried updating to A03 using the F12 boot menu then the Flash utility.

Legacy boot is enabled so secure boot is disabled. Then push it again to power up, and it starts up as normal.Д«IOS settings are at their defaults. Same as before, I have to hard power down by holding the power button in. I tell it to do the update and the screen goes blank like it is going to restart, but it never does. It reads the file just fine and shows the updated version. I can go through and select the BIOS I have loaded on the flash drive. I have also tried to bypass Windows altogether by using the Flash Utility from the F12 boot menu. Then push the power button again to power on, and it starts up and gets to windows like normal. I have to hard power off by holding the power button to cut power. The power LED stays on solid white and never blinks as it normally would when restarting.

The restart is initiated and windows shut down and the screen goes blank, but it never shows the BIOS spash screen after that with the updating message.

#DELL OPTIPLEX 3020 BIOS UPDATE WINDOWS 10#

I have attempted it through Windows 10 1903, just by downloading the exe and running it. It has BIOS A02, and I want to get it up to the latest A20. It will not restart to initiate the BIOS update. I have a quirky OptiPlex 3020 SFF with i3-4160 and 8GB RAM, 860 evo SSD.

Dell optiplex 3020 bios update