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‎02-01-2021 05:42 PM - edited ‎02-01-2021 06:27 PM

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Product: HP ENVY laptop - 17m-cg0013dx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Got a Bios update notification today and when I went to install it, it said that the bios to be installed is older than the current one which is F12 from Nov. 2020. Did anyone else get this for an HP Envy bios update? And if so did you get the same notice that the "new" one is older? The new one is F.21 from Jan. 13 yet it says if I try to install it there could be a problem as it's "older" than the current F12. Anyone seen this before? I proceeded with the update and everything seems ok. I wonder if it's a naming convention. 

 

F12 is the name of the previous, not F.12. The new is F.21 so maybe the dot was the trigger

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‎03-18-2021 12:05 PM

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I got the same notification about the latest BIOS update too but didn't proceed to install the new version F.21. I'm still on F12, but the latest BIOS update (F.21) is a new update since January 13, 2021 and is not an old BIOS update.

 

I believe the way they name versions of new BIOS updates was changed going forward, and they added a dot to F.21 and newer BIOS updates (F12 is the BIOS version without a dot added to the description), so it is likely safe to install F.21.

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