HP Touchsmart update BIOS without booting into Windows?

[Mr Davo]

Hi All,

I have an HP Touchsmart 610 all-in-one touch screen computer.

It normally runs Windows 7, however it has experienced an issue with corruption in the BIOS (at least a corrupt BIOS seems likely; otherwise it could possibly be a graphics card issue).

I now need to work out how I can update the BIOS without having the OS installed. Using the OS would be too risky, as shortly after Windows loads a BSOD occurs.

Can anybody point me in the right direction for updating the BIOS directly?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Davo

 

[rgd1101]

Backup a liitle, what make you think is corrupt bios? What did you do?
And don't look like HP offer bios update without windows

 

[Mr Davo]

Hi,

It may not be the BIOS; could quite possibly be a faulty graphics card, due to 'artifacting' on screen. However I don't want to purchase a graphics card unless I have ruled out other possibilities, such as the BIOS!

Thanks for you help. I think that your on the money regarding not being able to update the BIOS on this unit without Windows! I have however learnt that some latter HP models, which have the UEFI, do support BIOS updates without the operating system.

Kind Regards,

Davo

 

[Calvin7]

Since there are so many different Touchsmart 610 all-in-one models, I suggest you look up your model on HP PartSurfer.
http://partsurfer.hp.com/search.aspx

You might need a power supply replacement. Check the voltages if possible to see if they within acceptable tolerances.
+3.3VDC ± 5%
+5VDC ± 5%
+12VDC ± 5%