Yes, using a normal monitor 'may' fix this issue you are experiencing. Well, the updates for the bios are usually marked critical ( not always anyway ), but mainly because they could be fixing some security issue with the intel cpu. Thing is, as far as I know there are no real exploits in the wild + there's the antivirus and the fixes added to windows... so all these bios fixes effectively slow down the cpu only, from my personal point of view. Unless one of the newer bioses adds support to a quicker ram ( example ) or adds support for an USB-C port of a graphics card you ARE using or planning to buy ( it's a real case scenario )... or fixes a bug you ar experiencing ( you are not , by your own admission, having issues up to now )... just avoid . Personal opinion, anyway. Answer from mazzinia_ on dell.com
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BIOS Update Running Over 2 Hours | DELL Technologies
May 12, 2021 - Bios then flashed in 30-60 minutes (did not watch once process looked like it was owrking)> System rebooted OK. Ran Support Assist again - no messages or updates suggested.
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Dell Update BIOS installation taking hours | DELL Technologies
May 18, 2021 - Inspiron 15-3567 Dell Update BIOS installation taking hours to install. Bios update 4/29/22. I got tired of waiting. Tried to cancel and it didn't work. Ended task(s) in task manager and a notification popped up "The system has been updated". Opened Dell updates and it offered to install it again.
Stuck on Firmware Update for 2 hours . Help!!
Good news: even if it farks up, Dell will automatically default to the previous known-working BIOS. Their firmware update utility is spotty as hell and always has been, so just go to the product support update page for your model and download all known current updates one at a time as individual installation files; you're always better off doing the BIOS update separately by itself in-between reboots anyway, and you can manually suspend BitLocker, which I recommend doing from PowerShell and immediately before running the standalone installer. You can even set it up to leave BitLocker off until you manually turn it back on from CLI again when done, solves a world of problems. Give it another hour and if it still doesn't snap out of it just do the hard power cycle and hope for the best; Dells rarely brick over a borked BIOS install anymore. More on reddit.com
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February 11, 2022BIOS update stuck at 73% for 5 hours
Hello everyone, I would appreciate help from anyone or the moderators if possible. I left my laptop on before eating . When I returned an automatic BIOS update had started and was at 73%. It's been... More on dell.com
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September 25, 20217920 tower BIOS update taking long time
Trying to update the BIOS on my 7920 tower to 2.26.1. I did the install from support.dell.com. it downloaded and installed with now issues. Stated I had to reboot, which I did. As I type this ... More on dell.com
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November 19, 2022How long should Bios update take? Looks like frozen
And my tech guy takes a fortune for the smallest task and always does more than asked, to justify the price. Regarding the Bios update, yes there are quite a few things that are not working on that computer, like it freezes all the time, windows start button not working nor cortana, no keyboard light, unresponsiveness of touchpad and keyboard, stand by mode not working (instead it restarts), when plugged on AC charger it restarts too... More on dell.com
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Dell BIOS Update taking Waaaaay too long? - DoItYourself.com Community Forums
March 19, 2019 - There's no "progress bar" just a "twirling clock" to indicate progress, and my question is, should it take this long, or is it stuck in an "endless loop"? ... Eh, difficult situation- A) You really DO NOT want to restart or interrupt a BIOS update. B) I've NEVER heard of a BIOS update flashing a warning, OR actually running in the background, it is usually download, then re-boot and it installs. I'd go DIRECTLY to the Dell website and download the newest BIOS update
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How long should SupportAssist BIOS update take normally? | DELL Technologies
March 3, 2021 - It should not take several hours to update the BIOS. I would not recommend using SupportAssist for updating the BIOS. At the very least, use the Dell Update program, but the preferred method can be found in this topic.
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r/Dell on Reddit: Stuck on Firmware Update for 2 hours . Help!!
February 11, 2022 - Their firmware update utility is spotty as hell and always has been, so just go to the product support update page for your model and download all known current updates one at a time as individual installation files; you're always better off doing the BIOS update separately by itself in-between reboots anyway, and you can manually suspend BitLocker, which I recommend doing from PowerShell and immediately before running the standalone installer. You can even set it up to leave BitLocker off until you manually turn it back on from CLI again when done, solves a world of problems. Give it another hour and if it still doesn't snap out of it just do the hard power cycle and hope for the best; Dells rarely brick over a borked BIOS install anymore.
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BIOS update stuck at 73% for 5 hours | DELL Technologies
September 25, 2021 - I'd suggest you disable uefi capsule updates so that auto bios updates only come automatically though Dell, and then change settings for Dell from auto update to notify me when available.
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Yes, using a normal monitor 'may' fix this issue you are experiencing. Well, the updates for the bios are usually marked critical ( not always anyway ), but mainly because they could be fixing some security issue with the intel cpu. Thing is, as far as I know there are no real exploits in the wild + there's the antivirus and the fixes added to windows... so all these bios fixes effectively slow down the cpu only, from my personal point of view. Unless one of the newer bioses adds support to a quicker ram ( example ) or adds support for an USB-C port of a graphics card you ARE using or planning to buy ( it's a real case scenario )... or fixes a bug you ar experiencing ( you are not , by your own admission, having issues up to now )... just avoid . Personal opinion, anyway.
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While waiting for a reply I read and watched a lot about updating the BIOS. My current version is 2.16.1 on a Win 10 Pro build 19044.2251.After 2 hours of a black screen, I crossed my fingers and powered down. Rebooted.I pulled everything off, anything connected to the computer, pulled drives, trying to get to a bare bones system. Double check that I did not have BitLocker on, no passwords in BIOS.I tried again with 2.17.1, same thing. Tried with booting to USB, same thing.Did a bunch of other updates, no problem.Tried 2.18.1, same problem. The only thing I have not tried is going backwards with the BIOS. At this point I put everything back together because I have to work on some images.But I would like to be able to update the BIOS.So still looking for suggestions.
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BIOS Upgrade taking way too long. | DELL Technologies
January 30, 2008 - Sounds like bad memory to me. Use memtest86 to find out. Are you trying to upgrade the bios from floppy, or did you use an exe file in windows?
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Make sure you buy a new coin cell cmos battery and install it according to your manual. It's cheap, only $2 or so. That was a good idea not to force a bios update. As long as the computer is running OK don't update the bios unless told to by a support tech at Dell..
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Now the screensaver came into action, and soon it will be dead?
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BIOS update taking too long | DELL Technologies
August 23, 2020 - A BIOS update does not take hours.
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r/Dell on Reddit: Is BIOS supposed to be taking this long.
February 23, 2024 -
I just recently got my inspiron laptop and after shutting it down and booting it back up again I got hit with a BIOS update and it’s been stuck at 1% for about 20-30 minutes now. Any suggestions?
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bro let it take how ever long it wants to. if you break power supply, youll have to wait forever so dont touch it or restart it or remove battery or unplug bios bricked = laptop into bin
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What i have done was force restart kept out the power plug when getting it to bios menu with ctrl + esc and then went to rollback it tells me to plug in ac then press f1 and it loaded passed my frozen point
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r/Dell on Reddit: It’s normal do take so long?
September 16, 2024 - Dell came out and replaced the mobo, and exact same issue with the new one--the tech eventually had to use BIOS recovery mode to get it updated. It continues to get stuck every time a new BIOS update comes out and can only be updated via BIOS recovery. ... Recent one on a Precision 5520 took 20 minutes. I think I may have skipped one revision before this one. ... Shouldn't take more than 10 minutes.
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How Long Should SupportAssist BIOS Update take? | DELL Technologies
June 28, 2019 - There is a June BIOS update for my XPS 15. I have tried multiple times to install it with Dell Update. The installation was never successful. I went to Support Assist and tried it. I had those flashing dots saying "Installing" for 5 hours. They finally stopped and I got a message that drivers had been installed and to re-boot my computer. I did that. I just checked with Dell Update and it shows that the BIOS update is available so apparently it wasn't installed.
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BIOS Update Error or Update Gets Stuck After Windows January 2025 Update | Dell US
This article provides information about a BIOS update error or gets stuck on computers running Windows January 2025 updates or later.
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Hi everyone, The steps below shall help mitigate the issue. As soon as new BIOS updates are available, they will be added to Dell.com/support Current workaround: Workaround: Uninstall the January Windows KB update that corresponds to your system.: KB5050009, KB5050021, or KB5050009 update: Open Settings Select Windows Update Pause the Windows update Select Update history Select Uninstall updates Find the impacted update according to the operating system version used, labeled KB5050009, KB5050021, and KB5049981 Select Uninstall Restart your computer Install the BIOS from dell.com/support using the executable file After a successful BIOS update go back to step c, to enable the Windows update Update the BIOS from a USB stick using the computer pre-boot option Copy the executable file to external storage (USB flash drive) Keep the USB connected and restart the computer Press F12 to enter One-Time Boot Settings (reference Flashing the BIOS from the F12 One-Time Boot Menu) We kindly ask you to test it and provide your feedback.Affected Platforms: Alienware Aurora R12 Alienware Aurora R13 Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Alienware Aurora R15 Alienware Aurora R15 AMD Alienware Aurora R16 Alienware Area 51m R2 Alienware m15 R3 Alienware m15 R4 Alienware m17 R3 Alienware m17 R4 Alienware x14 Alienware x15 R1 Alienware x15 R2 Alienware x17 R1 Alienware x17 R2 XPS 8950 XPS 8960 Inspiron 15 3510 Inspiron 15 3521 Inspiron 3502 Affected Operating Systems: Windows 11 24H2 KB5050009 (OS Build 26100.2894) or later Windows 11 23H2 KB5050021 (OS Builds 22621.4751 and 22631.4751) or later Windows 10 22H2 KB5049981 (OS Builds 19044.5371 and 19045.5371) or later Read more: BIOS Update Error or Update Gets Stuck After Windows January 2025 Update
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Should only be a few minutes. Sounds like something is not right. There's a thread here that list some issues with various BIOS updates. BIOS update issues: Impacted system models & BIOS : Aurora R16 impacted BIOS 2.14.0 released on 10 Jan 2025 Aurora R15 impacted BIOS 1.18.0 released on 09 Jan 2025 Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 impacted BIOS 2.10.0 released on 13 Jan 2025 Alienware x17 R2/ Alienware x17 R1 impacted BIOS 1.24.0 released on 13 Jan 2025 XPS 8960 2.13.0 impacted BIOS 1.23.0 released on 10 Jan 2025 XPS 8950 1.23.0 impacted BIOS 2.13.0 released on 10 Jan 2025 To get this fix, uninstalled Windows update KB5050009 from computer, reboot and attempt BIOS update. After reboot, run Windows Update again
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The BIOS update takes too long | DELL Technologies
March 30, 2021 - I got a new DELL Latitude and I'm trying to update the BIOS, but the laptop now is in blank black screen for more than an hour !! Please advise what to do
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m17 R3, BIOS update taking forever | DELL Technologies
July 24, 2022 - The Windows updates seem to have installed properly, but when I go to the Alienware Updates app, it seems to "hang" indefinitely trying to apply a new BIOS update. I've left the computer on and plugged in while it tried to apply this update for several hours, but it just sits there with the progress bar sliding across in "marquee" style (no actual percentage of progress displayed, just the animation of the bar sliding across over and over again). This has happened twice now. The first time, I was at my office and just trying to get some of those updates done before I took my new computer home.
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How to Fix Dell Firmware Update Stuck Issues - Expert Solutions
November 21, 2023 - First, wait at least 4 hours as some updates take longer. If still frozen, perform a hard reset by holding the power button for 10-15 seconds until shutdown. Disconnect all peripherals before restarting.
Dell
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Update Your Computer's BIOS Remotely Using Firmware Update Over the Air | Dell US
Be patient, the first startup after a BIOS update can take 2-3 minutes longer than usual.
Seven Forums
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How Long for BIOS Update? - Windows 7 Help Forums
I will be taking it back and will show them the piece of paper from Dell that states to do the updates, including BIOS before using the computer. What's a pain in the ass is that the store is 65 miles away. Oh well! ... Long boot time between BIOS screen and Windows in Performance & Maintenance Unusually long boot time between the BOS screen and Windows. It takes about 3 minutes to boot when restarting the PC and up to 5 minutes when starting the PC after it was previously shut down.