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    2015 Alienware 17 R2 - BIOS A05?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by blackbalt89, Jun 22, 2015.

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    Do we have a timeframe for A05? We've all spent good money on these machines to have constant throttling and fan profile issues.

    When can we expect Dell to release a fix?
     
    blackbalt89, Jun 22, 2015
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    xMAXIMUSx Notebook Consultant

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    I've been waiting for a raid implementation or answer to the question since April, Goodluck!
     
    xMAXIMUSx, Jun 22, 2015
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    Don't we have Dell reps on here? Anyone that can give us some insight into whether or not they're going to fix our problems with throttling, RAID, and broken fan profiles?
     
    blackbalt89, Jun 22, 2015
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    Dell's engineers and sales staff need vast improvement.
     
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    Never get a answer, on Dell's actual website as well, we often get the "we will forward that to the engineering team", always with no answer. While i love the laptop it would still be nice to have raid so i have one big drive bootable for my OS, why have 5 drive config on the 17 with no raid .
     
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    Papusan Jokebook's Sucks! Dont waste your $$$ on Filthy

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    Have not you been told? There will be no raid support for AW15 and 17R2. This is decided long time ago. Already confirmed by Alienware representatives....
     
    Papusan, Jun 22, 2015
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    Nope never seen it anywhere, altho i haven't been looking, thanks for the heads up.
     
    xMAXIMUSx, Jun 22, 2015
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    They need to retire and leave the performance business to companies who care. ORIGIN PC FTW
     
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    Now it is almost five weeks ago bios A04 was launched. The problems with this hybrid bios was discovered right away, but nothing happens. Tragic. AW15 and 17R2 will never function as intended. Perhaps it is so Dell wants it :rolleyes:.
     
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    Would be good if they shipped to the rest of the world. Seems they are US only same as Razer blade :-(
     
    Mickbt26, Jun 25, 2015
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    Origin PC ships internationally bro. I ordered the system you see in my sig about 5 days ago and now they are in the building stage. They are gonna ship it all the way to Dubai. They ship then in wood craters for extra protection.

     
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    So is there any way to get a Dell rep in here?
     
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    They're busy working on A05, of course.
     
    sirbevo, Jun 25, 2015
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    Dell rep's busy working on A05... New profession? LoL
     
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    It was my craptastic attempt at sarcasm. Sorry!
     
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    LoL. Perhaps a new bios had been okay if Aw rep's had done the job... They know what the problem is. The Dell engineers are doing just mischief and designing bios so that hardware shall boil and throttle.
     
    Papusan, Jun 25, 2015
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