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  1. 8th May 2012, 11:17 AM #1
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    Default Can you flash a new BIOS over one of the special BIOS?

    My question is on the AT&T CF-30s or the Farmer's CF-74s can you flash it to a normal BIOS. I know in the past when Dell used boards made for them by Intel that you could flash the Intel BIOS over the Dell BIOS or vice versa if one or the other supported something you wanted.
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    Default Re: Can you flash a new BIOS over one of the special BIOS?

    You can update it to a NEWER version of the BIOS.

    Newest version is 10.1L19 - Vista BIOS.
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    Default Re: Can you flash a new BIOS over one of the special BIOS?

    Quote Originally Posted by gbrittenum View Post
    My question is on the AT&T CF-30s or the Farmer's CF-74s can you flash it to a normal BIOS. I know in the past when Dell used boards made for them by Intel that you could flash the Intel BIOS over the Dell BIOS or vice versa if one or the other supported something you wanted.
    Quote Originally Posted by Rob™ View Post
    You can update it to a NEWER version of the BIOS.

    Newest version is 10.1L19 - Vista BIOS.
    That's for the Mk1. The Newegg AT&T CF-30's are Mk2.

    A little searching indicates that the AT&T CF-30 Mk2 may have bios V2.00L14M16. If that is the case then there is a newer bios, V2.00L15, which may overwrite the custom bios.

    There are no publicly available CF-74 Mk3 bios.
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    Default Re: Can you flash a new BIOS over one of the special BIOS?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rob™ View Post
    You can update it to a NEWER version of the BIOS.

    Newest version is 10.1L19 - Vista BIOS.
    With this update its only good if you are updating to Vista or Windows 7. If not you will lose your touchscreen if you are running XP .
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    Default Re: Can you flash a new BIOS over one of the special BIOS?

    Is there a CF-74 MK3 bios update in existence? If not that would explain it's lack of availability. Just a thought...
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    Default Re: Can you flash a new BIOS over one of the special BIOS?

    Quote Originally Posted by Twocents View Post
    Is there a CF-74 MK3 bios update in existence? If not that would explain it's lack of availability. Just a thought...
    I'm sure that Panasonic has several versions of the bios. They generally do not release them to the public.
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    Default Re: Can you flash a new BIOS over one of the special BIOS?

    Quote Originally Posted by db04p71 View Post
    I'm sure that Panasonic has several versions of the bios. They generally do not release them to the public.
    This......
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    Default Re: Can you flash a new BIOS over one of the special BIOS?

    Oops forgot to check if a BIOS update actually existed? Can't you copy the BIOS from another working machine that is the same model?
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    Default Re: Can you flash a new BIOS over one of the special BIOS?

    Quote Originally Posted by gbrittenum View Post
    Oops forgot to check if a BIOS update actually existed? Can't you copy the BIOS from another working machine that is the same model?
    Don't think so. AFA!K, there is no way to backup the bios. Even if there was, you would need the bios.exe, which is not available, to install the bios.
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    Default Re: Can you flash a new BIOS over one of the special BIOS?

    Quote Originally Posted by db04p71 View Post
    I'm sure that Panasonic has several versions of the bios. They generally do not release them to the public.
    Any Idea why?

    I don't understand what the Issue is with making available a standard version that supports standard hardware for all Models & Mks. They are already in the supply chain, so it's not asking for something that doesn't exist.

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