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    New Bios - 1.3.9 - Alienware 15R2/17R3

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by nickbarbs, Nov 5, 2016.

  1. Vasudev

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    I forgot about DOS mode after purchasing Dell. Earlier, I used to follow flashing BIOS through FreeDOS/DOS mode to avert issues. Thanks for reminding me.
     
    Vasudev, Nov 18, 2016
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    YOu can flash the bios from the BIOS itself.
     
    rinneh, Nov 18, 2016
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    Is the option named "BIOS Flash settings" that is listed when hitting F12 during startup?
     
    Vasudev, Nov 19, 2016
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    Hmm dont know from the top of my head. its in the menu where you can choose bios boot type (uefi, legacy etc).
     
    rinneh, Nov 19, 2016
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    Yeah I got it. I forget a lot, when working on wide variety of lappies available incl. Lenovo's and Dell.
     
    Vasudev, Nov 19, 2016
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    I rolled back to 1.3.6. I kept getting freezing issues after taking the laptop out of sleep. It would just sit there with all the lights on and the screen black, having to do a hard re-boot to fix it. I have not had any issues so far after rolling back. Will wait till their next BIOS update.
     
    Turmoil, Nov 23, 2016
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    Reinstall the intel hd drivers after fully uninstalling them to fix the issue.
     
    rinneh, Nov 24, 2016
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