EDIT - UPDATE: Booting live Windows11 USB has worked and BIOS has been updated (but holy cow, Linux live USB feels like it’s running on SSD while Windows live USB feels like it’s running from floppy disk)

Hi, I have a Yoga Slim 6 14APU8 - Type 82X3 laptop with Fedora Workstation 41 and I’ve tried to go and update my BIOS but unfortunately they only offer the .exe file to do it from within Windows. I don’t want to install Windows just to update my BIOS. I honestly though it will be a matter of few minutes by me just copying the BIOS file on a USB drive and then installing it directly from within BIOS as usual on other devices…

I’ve tried the sudo fwupdmgr update command but it just says that there is nothing that can be updated.

My current BIOS version is M4CN30WW and the new one is M4CN36WW.

I’ve tried searching for how to do this and I’ve found multiple guides using geteltorito but they all say to download the .iso and not the .exe version of the BIOS file but I can’t find the .iso version anywhere on their website, or am I just blind or is there some other way to do this?

      • @WereCatOP
        9•2 days ago

        Live USB W11 worked and this was 1st time for me using live W11 USB… I don’t wish the experience of having to use it to anyone…

      • Lucy :3
        3•2 days ago

        You can actually just use a normal Win 10 install image, booted from Ventory or smth, and then open a cmd in the install dialogue with Shift+F10. From there you can execute updater programs. It’s not pretty, but it works, as most simple updaters (eg. Dell Laptops) won’t need many or any libs/drivers. Just execute it, wait till it pops a window to reboot, and do just that.

      • @JoeKrogan
        3•2 days ago

        A windows VM with USB pass through. Use the VM to make the live USB then nuke the VM.

    • chi-chan~
      3•2 days ago

      If you need anyway, you might be better with just Rufus.

    • @WereCatOP
      3•2 days ago

      Thanks, seems like I’ll have to do the live Windows USB. I have a older separate PC that still runs Windows 10 to make the USB if Ventoy wont work.