New BIOS for HP Mininote 2140 (F.03)

HP has released a new BIOS for the HP 2140 netbook. It can be downloaded from the following link. It fixes the following:

Fixes an issue where a powered-off notebook/laptop can be powered on through Wake-on-LAN, even though the “Wake On LAN” option is disabled in the F10 Setup

[LINK]

New BIOS availble for HP Mini 1000 series (F13.F)

HP has released a new BIOS for the HP Mini 1000 series, which claims to fix/improve the following:

# Fixes an issue where HP Wireless Assistant version 3.5 cannot be installed.
# Provides both an update to the keyboard controller firmware and the battery pack firmware.
# Adds support for updating the battery pack firmware.
# Adjusts the thresholds used to determine when the battery pack will disable itself (based on battery cell voltage).
# Adds new WWAN Card Support.

Note: For Windows XP only

[Download BIOS F13.F]

Lenovo BIOS update v90 for S9 and S10 – Caution: Do NOT perform any update

Lenovo has recently released a BIOS update for IdeaPad S9 and S10 netbook. Unfortunately, instead of improving things, a lot of these netbooks have been rendered useless because of this new BIOS update. If you have not yet updated the BIOS, simply just do not update it if you are not facing any problem with the current BIOS.

[Lenovo forums]

Eee PC 1000HE BIOS update for better video

Asus recently created a new BIOS update which is must have for those watching videos often on their Eee PC 1000HE. User reports suggest that the new upgrade frees up some valuable memory from the netbook when playing video, thus giving a slightly better viewing of high-definition videos. It also improves gaming display and other applications which require heavy graphic capabilities.

Moreover, you may overclock the 1000HE at 1.9GHz, which will enable you to watch Hulu, Netflix and YouTube videos better than it was with the old BIOS and regular settings. However, before you consider the update, you should know that doing so would remove your 1000HE’s support for DOLBY digital sound. So, its a decision to choose sound over audio.

READ our EEE 1000HE review

New BIOS for ASUS EEE 904HA [Netbook]

ASUS has released new BIOS for the ASUS EEE 904HA. According to ASUS, it optimizes memory. Get it from the following link: http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?model=EEE+PC+904HA%2fLINUX&f_name=1000h-asus-1305.zip&SLanguage=en-us — Gadgetmix’s ASUS 904HA review

New BIOS for ASUS EEE 1002HA [Netbook]

ASUS has released new BIOS for the ASUS EEE 904HA. According to ASUS, it supports pressing Fn+F3/F4/Space to modify touchpad, resolution and SHE (Super Hybrid Engine). Get it from the following link: http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?model=EEE+PC+1002HA%2fLINUX&f_name=1002ha-asus-0403.zip&SLanguage=en-us

BIOS upgrades for ASUS EEE 1000H and EEE 900HA [Netbook]

ASUS has rolled out new BIOS updates for the ASUS EEE 1000H as-well-as for the EEE 900HA. According to BIOS, the new BIOS for 1000H aims at “optimizing memory”. Nothing more is known about it at this point. EEE 1000H BIOS EEE 900HA BIOS The new 900HA BIOS updates “thermal policy”

New BIOS and Video Drivers for Kohjinsha SC3 [UMPC]

midu over UMPCportal has found that the Kohjinsha Japan has posted a new BIOS and official production release of Intel graphics driver for the Kohjinsha SC3. Click here to go to Kohjinsha Japan webpage (japanese) thanks to Minnie for the tip