Satellite L40-13G: Bios not updating on Vista SP1

I have a Satellite L40 13G and the latest Bios update refuses to update.
I'm trying to update my BIOS because the laptop freezes randomly at times and I have "graphics" issues where games lag where there's any form of an explosion such as gunfire or a bomb.
There are no instructions, not in the exe and definitely not on screen. If I didn't know how to flash a BIOS I would definitely not know to choose the .bin BIOS file in the directory between all the DLL files.
Thank you
Yahweh.

The reason why your laptop keeps frozen is because there is a bug in the current graphic driver on your computer. If I am not wrong, you may have blue screen of death at the start up occasionally.
There is one way to solve the problem is to update the bios and I hope bios for L40 already updated the graphic bios (VBIOS) (I dont have L40 so I am not sure about this). However, be careful when you update the bios as it is quite dangerous and may kill your laptop.
If you have problems with the graphic/game, please follow the instruction given in: http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=33432&tstart=15 (both first and second post). Try this one before you try to update your bios.
When you download the graphic driver from intel, you may receive the message that the driver is not suitable for your system. Don't worry. Just extract the driver package you download from Intel somewhere on the harddrive, Go to Device manager, browse to the extracted folder to update the driver manually. After it finishes, run the Intel Package again to complete the process
Good luck.
Message was edited by: anhchuong

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Listen Alexey!!
At this time you can find the BIOS 2.20-WIN for Satellite L40 on the Toshiba European driver page.
This is a *windows-based* version of the BIOS. Its *NOT* traditional BIOS version.
In such case you cannot update the BIOS using a diskette or CD. The BIOS update must be performed while the OS is running!!
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This topic has been moved to GAMING Notebooks.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=251476.0

Quote from: chc on 16-December-14, 17:53:21
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