: You can also update by placing the BIOS file on a FAT32-formatted USB drive, restarting, and pressing F12 to select "BIOS Flash Update".

If the system insists a password is required but you never set one, you may need to establish one to satisfy the tool's security check:

"BIOS update failed as password is not configured"

Dell BIOS update failed: “Password is not configured” – help?

To resolve this, you can either manually set a BIOS password or bypass the update tool by installing the BIOS file directly. Solution 1: Manually Set a BIOS Admin Password

The bug started appearing after 2022 BIOS updates for Intel 11th/12th Gen and AMD Ryzen 5000 series Dells. Dell's BIOS capsule update mechanism (UEFI) checks for an AuthVariable called SystemPasswordHash . If that variable doesn't exist (because no password was ever set), certain UEFI capsules reject the update, throwing the "Password Not Configured" error.