I am not a great believer in BIOS updating..If this BIOS is truly a remedy for a known problem on your machine than OK.Some people tend to update their BIOS just because a new one it out. No matter if their machine is not exhibiting the problems the BIOS is to address.Consequently in some instances because of this or a bad BIOS flash, they just created a 7lb doorstop. Just make sure that the machine is plugged in a/c while doing it, not soley on battery and let it do it's thing.

It sounds like the BIOS updates prevents potentially dangerous overheating should a hardware failure occur. Sounds like a good reason to update the BIOS.

Thanks, my fears well expressed, but, it seems necessary. I will wait a few more days as I have had the notebook since May and have not experienced any overheating - that I detected.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday issued a recall of 41,000 Toshiba laptops after reports of some overheating and even melting.

Toshiba said on its Web site that the problem stems from a "faulty DC-In harness," which can lead to the computer melting where the AC adapter plugs in.

The solution is a BIOS update, which the company recommends users of the affected models implement right away. The update is available on Toshiba's Web site.

The affected models are:

Satellite T135D-S1326, T135D-SP2012L, T135-SP2909R, T135D-SP2012M, T135-SP2013L, T135-SP2013M, T135D-S1322, T135-S1330, T135D-S1328WH, T135D-S1328RD, T135D-S1328, T135D-S1327, T135D-S1325WH, T135D-S1325RD, T135D-S1325, T135D-S1324, T135D-S1320, T135-SP2911R, T135-S1312, T135-S1310WH, T135-S1310RD, T135-S1310, T135-S1309, T135-S1307, T135-S1305WH, T135-S1305RD, T135-S1305, T135-S1300WH, T135-S1300RD, T135-S1300, T135-SP2911C, T135-SP2911A, T135-SP2910R, T135-SP2910C, T135-SP2910A, T135-SP2909C, T135-SP2909A

Here is a link that might be useful: -toshiba-computer-recal

Jerry, if you have your battery fully charged and in the laptop, AND have the AC connected, there should be no problem in flashing the BIOS. If there should be a power interruption during the process, and no battery backup, then you'd definitely have a problem.

Nice to see my model isn't alone - quite a list of models. I have the update waiting for my "trigger". This notebook has a lot of battery life for normal operations, will run several hours from a full charge. Following a recommendation in PC Magazine I remove the battery when it is operating on A/C - the usual mode, I am not "on the road" much any more so the notebook sits off my desk, only the keyboard, mouse and display are on my desk. This may mean the notebook could melt to the point of shutdown before I'd notice.

I'll plug in the battery before starting the update, seems I have to do it.

I don't there would be an issue about the update, let it fly.

if you have windows 7 you have a built in image back up program there so I would definitely use that or some image program to image the drive prior to doing it.

How to Create a System Image Backup in Windows 7

Go for it Jerry....as I mentioned, the BIOS update in this case is recommended for your model for a potential problem...

As expected, trouble. On the first attempt to update the BIOS the computer froze-up, no display updates (clock continued to show the start time) or response to keyboard or mouse, including keyboard on the notebook itself. The installation seems to have done the checks on the new and old BIOS, but froze when it started to "flash" the BIOS. I called Toshiba TS, I'll give them a passing grade as it took only about 5 minutes of voice prompted filtering to get to a person, who had to transfer me to a specialist on the BIOS update. After some discussion of the situation he told me to hold the power button down for 10 seconds (it takes about 5 second) so that the computer would reboot. The computer did reboot with the old BIOS. He said try again, and after dinner I did. This time there were some error messages on the screen, but the process continued forward with blow-by-blow reporting to me on the installation dialog box. When all done the new BIOS was as wanted (F2 pushed during boot to get to BIOS setup) and I hit F9 to set defaults and F10 to save changes - as instructed by Toshiba. All seems well, for now.

Related, how can I see what version of BIOS is being used without going through a reboot and F2 trigger? I thought that information was available on the device manager or on the properties of my computer. I couldn't find the BIOS version using those facilities. I have Windows 7 Home Premium.

Do you have Belarc Advisor installed on your laptop? It does list the name of the main board followed by a number and a date, which I presume is the version number and the date it was effective. If you don't have Belarc, I recommend that you download and install it since it gives you so much information about your computer. I find it invaluable.

Here is a link that might be useful: Belarc Advisor

copy this---> msinfo32.exe Belarc is a good tool to have too

Thanks, I've been introduced to "msinfo32.exe" several times, and then forget. That said, while I found a wealth of information using the msinfo32, I didn't see the BIOS version listed.

I'll take a look at Belarc, that is totally new to me.

The truth is I don't really need a tool to look at the BIOS version, this is the first time in many years I have had any concern, and I think the first time I did a "flash" update of the BIOS.

grandms, Belarc has the BIOS information, including the issue date. It is listed near the top of the listing on the RH side under "Main Circuit Board".

I have made Belarc a member of the tools on my Desktop.

I had a Toshiba last week that would not boot, needed a bios up grade. Toshiba had us ship it to them. It was back in 7 days no charge.

My bios is listed there, like this.

BIOS Version / date Award Software International INC. F1 2/1/2008