Dell T330

[prairieguy]

Is there a way to update the BIOS on a Dell T330 without having to do it through the OS? All I can seem to find on Dell’s website is exe file and no way to extract the rom / bin file to copy to USB stick and update using iDRAC.

 

[TrevorH]

I was told by a Dell support guy that if it's an iDRAC 9 then you can just upload the .exe to it and it'll do it all.

 

[VoidCrawler]

Is there a way to update the BIOS on a Dell T330 without having to do it through the OS? All I can seem to find on Dell’s website is exe file and no way to extract the rom / bin file to copy to USB stick and update using iDRAC.

Hi,

If you prefer doing it locally, press F10 on boot to enter Lifecycle Controller, go to Firmware Update > launch firmware update, and point it at a FAT32 USB stick with the .exe in the root.

Second option is to run yourbiosfile.exe /extract:C:\output on a win machine to pull it out, but honestly there’s no need for that with iDRAC.

Also make sure lifecycle controller is enabled in BIOS settings.