Is it risky to upgrade the BIOS?

[psw]

I was thinking about upgrading the bios in my 1940 to the 1.10 version. I am still on 1.0 and it is working fine, but you know... you want to be up-to-date.

However, when browsing the support forum on the HP-site, I noticed many reports on how the upgrade procedure has crashed and caused a corrupt BIOS in the flash memory. When this happens you have to return the unit to HP. Yuk!!

I have second thoughts now. What are your experiences of upgrading the bios? It seems so risky to me. I really need my trusted 1940 to work for me every day.

[AnswerDude]

There's always risk, but at the same time many more people successfully upgraded, just read and follow instruction very carefully, you should be okay.

[psi2k]

(Ok Ok I admit that my iPAQ1940 is now back in the ever loving hands of HP ( unrelated problem! See the post "Screen" ) but the upgrade was Ok! )

And quite easy to! just make sure you have a spare ten mins!:D