e've got a phoenix bios in a dell dimension computer. We have the most
recent update for the bios from dell, however, a program called "bios agent
plus" (biosagentplus.com) claims to offer a further update - at a cost of
about $30.

A computer techie was saying that this isn't possible.

Would be interested in comments on this.

Thanks.

"Borked Pseudo Mailed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> e've got a phoenix bios in a dell dimension computer. We have the most
> recent update for the bios from dell, however, a program called "bios
> agent
> plus" (biosagentplus.com) claims to offer a further update - at a cost of
> about $30.
>
> A computer techie was saying that this isn't possible.
>
> Would be interested in comments on this.
>
> Thanks.
>

Even if it is possible, why would anyone want to pay for a BIOS update of
dubious origin?
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Borked Pseudo Mailed wrote:
> a program called "bios
> agent plus" (biosagentplus.com)

Why did you run that?



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"Mike Easter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Borked Pseudo Mailed wrote:

>> a program called "bios agent plus" (biosagentplus.com)
>
> Why did you run that?

The original post could very easily be spam, especially considering the
authors lack of identity.


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Borked Pseudo Mailed wrote:
> e've got a phoenix bios in a dell dimension computer. We have the most
> recent update for the bios from dell, however, a program called "bios
> agent plus" (biosagentplus.com) claims to offer a further update - at
> a cost of about $30.
>
> A computer techie was saying that this isn't possible.
>
> Would be interested in comments on this.
>
> Thanks.

Subject: bios upgrade?
Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Message-Id: <(E-Mail Removed)>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 16:31:39 -0500 (EST)

Hmmm....Identical question asked here as well. Why not check the
answers there. The question even has the same misspelling.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Borked
Pseudo Mailed says...
>
> e've got a phoenix bios in a dell dimension computer. We have the most
> recent update for the bios from dell, however, a program called "bios agent
> plus" (biosagentplus.com) claims to offer a further update - at a cost of
> about $30.
>
> A computer techie was saying that this isn't possible.
>
> Would be interested in comments on this.
>
If it's working, leave it. The only reason to update a BIOS is to fix a
bug or add functionality you intend to use.


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Borked Pseudo Mailed wrote:
>
> e've got a phoenix bios in a dell dimension computer. We have the most
> recent update for the bios from dell, however, a program called "bios agent
> plus" (biosagentplus.com) claims to offer a further update - at a cost of
> about $30.
>
> A computer techie was saying that this isn't possible.

Some diagnostic or information programs, like Everest, contain a link
to BIOS Agent Plus (Unicore/eSupport), and even the BIOS information
site Wim's BIOS Page is sponsored by them.

BIOS Agent Plus seems to be mostly way to scare people into buying
BIOS and driver upgrades that can be obtained for free elsewhere, and
every time I've run BA+ on a system, it said that my BIOS was
outdated, including for my 3-year-old ECS nForce3, which was flashed
with the newest BIOS for it from ECS, dated 5/2008 -- a few weeks
ago. Apparently all BIOSes not from Unicore/eSupport are outdated.

eSupport/Unicore says that it offers 24/7 support, but when I phoned
their 1-800-800-BIOS number, I was told to call back during business
hours. Also when I wanted to upgrade the BIOS of my 466 MHz Celeron
system a few years ago to handle big hard drives, they cut their then-
$50 upgrade price to $25 when I refused their first offer and told
them that a whole mobo/CPU combo was just $70 at Fry's.

I've read of one person who bought a BIOS upgrade from the company and
couldn't get past the boot screen.