D975XBX2 Bios Update with Vista

[SteveS]

Can anyone confirm that the express update for the bios will work with the VISTA OS?

[progrip]

Mine didn't. See: http://forums.legitreviews.com/about8457.html

I emailed Intel about it and got this:

Hello again, Brent,

Thank you once more for contacting Intel(R) Technical Support.

In regards to this situation, please be aware of the following:

- Some problems have been reported with the Express BIOS updates using Windows Vista(TM) 64 bit.
- Other BIOS update procedures (that are not operating system-dependant) have been fully tested and we have confirmed that they work fine.
- Please refer to the following websites for more information:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts ... uctID=2578
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/standardbios.htm

Please do not hesitate to contact us again if you need further assistance.

Sincerely,

Paul C.
Intel(R) Technical Support

Intel(R) Desktop Board Support Web Site
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/

They don't mention when they will get it fixed, but on my system it was an error that the bios update .sys files weren't properly signed. I ended up just using bios update from a partition running xp.

[gara56]

I haven't installed Vista Ult x64 on my board yet. I'm still using XP Pro but upgraded the BIOS to 2634. I'm backing up some stuff before I do a complete reformat of my two Raptor HDs. I still thinking about reformating just one of them and keep XP Pro on the other as a backup in case I have to go back. I'm pretty much close the getting all the software drivers/patches for those XP programs that I plan to bring over to Vista. I'm just waiting to see what the ZoneAlarm people are going to do. I not going to wait for Trillian.

Glenn

[SteveS]

Just to close the question, I used iexpress update with the 32 bit version of Vista and it worked.

Thanks all for info.