Z500 BIOS update on Windows 8.1

Hello

I have a Lenovo Z500 laptop and I would like to know if it is safe to run 1.21 BIOS update for Windows 8 on Windows 8.1 64bits? I have a problem with the Fn keys and in my current (1.10) BIOS, there is no option for it.

Sorry for my English and thank you for your response.

mlukas wrote:

Hello

I have a Lenovo Z500 laptop and I would like to know if it is safe to run 1.21 BIOS update for Windows 8 on Windows 8.1 64bits? I have a problem with the Fn keys and in my current (1.10) BIOS, there is no option for it.

Sorry for my English and thank you for your response.

The bios is not dependent on OS. I think that the flash program used to update the bios work correctly under windows 8.1. Before you do the update try to make a backup of your current bios so that you can always come back if you wish. See the image below on how to do the backup and update the bios.

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