"Power state is not safe for BIOS update."

[throwaway413]

Apologies if I'm breaking any important rules, I'm new and don't see anything like that in a sidebar. Also couldn't find this by searching.

I have a Toshiba L775-S7355 and it doesn't seem that the BIOS has been updated at all since purchase, so I looked for BIOS updates on the Toshiba website; downloaded the update from this page https://support.toshiba.com/support/driversResults?freeText=3228282&osId=31 installed the update, but every time I get to the BIOS launcher, it does this: https://imgur.com/a/6SrdcME

I have my laptop plugged in and even then it's at 100%, and at the time of doing this I had no other programs open besides the usual background programs. Not sure what this is about, any help is appreciated, thanks!

 

[Karadjgne]

It means you have eco settings active, so doesn't matter if you are plugged in or not, the pc will be looking to shut stuff down as soon as it's able, which is a good way to brick the bios while it's trying to update.

In windows power settings, set for high performance mode, turn off hibernation/sleep, make sure cpu is set for 100% usage.

 

[throwaway413]

It means you have eco settings active, so doesn't matter if you are plugged in or not, the pc will be looking to shut stuff down as soon as it's able, which is a good way to brick the bios while it's trying to update.

In windows power settings, set for high performance mode, turn off hibernation/sleep, make sure cpu is set for 100% usage.

that's the thing, though:

https://imgur.com/a/YbuAMHP

I've never touched the eco utility.

 

[Karadjgne]

You don't have to. Bios defaults or settings can do that all by themselves. I have a Asus z77 in my desktop that had eco settings to prevent more than 40% cpu usage, European energy restrictions etc. Only thing I can suggest at this point is go through everything in bios and disable everything eco, no c-states, no eist, etc. If after all that it's still not a viable power state when plugged in, I'd be dropping a line to Toshiba since according to bios and windows your laptop is now working at maximum power state.