Where can I find the bios update for my mainboard?
So I have a laptop with windows 10 and the following mainboard: (Medion D15D American Megatrends inc. Version 702 date 06/26/2015)
BIOS / Chipset: AMI / TBD (BIOS)
As you can see, the bios hasn't been updated for a long time.
Where can I find the update file for my mainboard?
I already registered my laptop with medion, but there I can't find any information about the bios update
You don't need to update your BIOS regularly. This is only necessary if your hardware is not recognized (new CPU) or if the mainboard manufacturer has implemented new features or made system stability updates. This no longer happens with such old hardware.
You can see http://www.medion.com/de/service/_lightbox/treiber.php?stxt=bios whether you find the right thing, if not you risk death
But I would keep my hands off a notebook from a not well-known manufacturer
Often there are no new BIOS versions beyond the one supplied. Maintaining cheap OEM boards is often too expensive for manufacturers.
A. Ask ALDI for 🤣😂.
B. There's no BIOS update for your notebook
C. You don't need an update (doesn't change anything anyway)
As you can see, the bios hasn't been updated for a long time.
Really? Is the box sooo old that it still has a BIOS? Such boxes have not been manufactured for well over 10 years. 😲
That would rather speak for a new purchase.
No matter: A BIOS is only updated if it can't be avoided.
So if you have no technical reason - and with laptops I don't know of any due to the hardware set - then leave it.
Otherwise you can guess three times where to get https://www.medion.com/medionserviceshop/search?msn=40040528&uesc=cw%3D%26mt%3D%26ms%3D30014410%26pn%3D%26sn%3D&lang=en.
You don't need an update
I just wanted to underline it again!
I did not claim otherwise
So if you don't have a technical reason - and with laptops, I don't know of any due to the set hardware
I see it a little differently. There were the Specter and Meltdown security gaps in the processors. These were closed with suitable BIOS / UEFI CPU microcode updates. For this reason alone, you should update the BIOS / UEFI if possible to a version after 2018. Of course, the motherboard manufacturer must also provide a suitable BIOS / UEFI. With OEM finished PC's, that's sometimes a thing.
The BIOS / UEFI should only be updated if there's an urgent reason to do so. Otherwise you shouldn't do that, because there's always the risk that something goes wrong during the update process and that the BIOS / UEFI is damaged. This would practically shoot the computer down and it would be broken. But if there's a compelling reason then sometimes it has to take a chance and update the BIOS / UEFI. Such a BIOS / UEFI update is usually necessary for the use of new hardware, e.g. For a new processor, or to solve hardware problems or incompatibilities. This often applies to desktop PCs, but this rarely occurs in a laptop or notebook, which is why a BIOS / UEFI update is rarely necessary. However, there was the incident a few years ago with the Specter and Meltdown vulnerabilities in the processors. These security gaps were also filled with adapted BIOS / UEFI CPU microcode updates, i.e. With BIOS / UEFI updates. Since this is an important security update, you should definitely try to update the BIOS / UEFI of your laptop to the version after 2018, if Medion offers a suitable update. The BIOS / UEFI of your laptop is from 2015, if I see it correctly in the picture in CPU-Z. If you don't feel comfortable doing this yourself, seek advice from a professional. A specialist also works as a substitute. (Computer workshop, Repair Cafe or similar specialist helpers). If necessary, also contact Medion's support in writing by e-mail.
There were the Specter and Meltdown security gaps in the processors.
Apart from the fact that these are hardware vulnerabilities that can't really be fixed by UEFI updates, that would be a technical reason.
(Apart from the fact that such patches should hardly be made available on BIOS machines - too old!)
Whether BIOS or UEFI hardly plays a role, because there are plenty of current devices that still have a BIOS, only with an EFI extension. There are server mainboards, various cheap mainboards with an SoC, or many laptops or notebooks are also equipped with a BIOS, just with an EFI extension. In addition, the Medion laptop we're talking about probably dates from around 2015, see BIOS date. So nothing about Asbach ancient.
Lots of current devices that still have a BIOS
Yes yes - already clear.
Of course, I don't know how many RetroPCs are actually still in use. But in productive operation there should hardly be any.
Anyone who is a little familiar with hardware knows that BIOS devices have not been produced for well over 10 years and would never say, "BIOS or UEFI does not matter" - it has something of "Madrid or Milan - no matter." Mainly Spain! "
