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‎09-17-2025 04:35 AM

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Product: Victus by HP 16.1 inch Gaming Laptop PC 16-e0000 (457S2AV)
Operating System: FreeDOS

My HP Victus 16.1 came clean without any preinstalled OS. Ever since then I installed Fedora linux, already in its 42 version, and everything works absolutely fine. My question is how to update the BIOS, since all options available by HP are for unknown linux kernels, which are a no option for me. Thank you for your assistance.

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‎09-17-2025 07:02 AM

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You can use another Windows PC to create a USB BIOS recovery flash drive with the latest BIOS update from your notebook's support page and update the BIOS outside of Windows.

 

Make sure you use the right one for the the system board ID your notebook comes with.

 

Victus by HP 16.1 inch Gaming Laptop PC 16-e0000 (457S2AV) Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Suppo...

 

Watch these videos for how to create and use a BIOS recovery flash drive with the above exe file using another Windows PC:

 

How to make and use the BIOS recovery flash drive to recover or update the BIOS outside of Windows.

 

Creating a BIOS Recovery Flash Drive for HP Notebooks | HP Notebooks | HP Support

 

How to recover/update your notebook's BIOS with the USB recovery drive and try to recover the BIOS.

 

Restore the BIOS with a Recovery Flash Drive on HP Notebooks | HP Notebooks | HP Support

 

 

 

 

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