A07 bios released for m17x r3

Dell has released A07 to support 3d function of nvidia cards. Here is the link http://support.dell.com/support/dow...dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=467863.

 

About time Dell released an update.

 

I wonder what A05 and A06 were about then...

@nastynate69, you left your service tag in the URL. I know it doesn't matter that much, but just a FYI...

I sent you a PM as well.

 

Fixed it thanks for the heads up. +1 rep.

 

Flashed to A07 BIOS,finally the FN+brightness controls return back to normal for those using AMD drivers instead of Dell's.However,if i tried to restart the machine,it will proceed to log off,shut down & stay at the black screen with the fans turning up without rebooting.Only way to reboot is then to force restart it by manually powering off & powering back on.Anyone else got this problem?

 

Thanks. Apparently this was posted a few times today lol

 

got my new m17x today was loaded with a06....... interesting.

 

Hmm... I'm still on the A04 BIOS, but I did have an issue with the computer not resuming from sleep; it would just reboot most of the time and then give me a black screen with all the lights on and the only way to get it to boot, was a forced shutdown and power-on. I did find out what the problem was, and I see that you have the same memory I as have (HyperX 1866). I had to go into the BIOS, enable overclocking and then change the memory frequency to 1600MHz. That solved my problem. The reason for this is that the BIOS does not allow the first CAS timing to be set to 11, which my HyperX 1866 PnP requires! I don't know if that will solve your issue, but you can try

 

I got my M17xR3 last Friday and got the same problem. Two calls to tech support did not solve it. I got a technician coming here on Friday to change the motherboard. I do not have HyperX memory, just the stock Dell memory which in my computer is Samsung PC3-10700.

 

Luckily that never affected me as I am using an SSD so no reason for hibernate or sleep. Powering it on from Off is fast enough

 

I have an SSD too, but my R3 is being used for work 80-90% of the time, so having to shut out of a dozen programs and reopen everything all the time, isn't exactly optimal. Besides, putting it to sleep reduces the amount of dust the fans collect over time (instead of having to shut it off). I only shut my R3 off when I go to sleep.

Also, I can use 1866 without a problem up in Windows -- I just can't put it to sleep, so, since I need it to sleep, then I'm currently stuck with 1600

 

It might not be the big difference between sleep and startup on SSD, but it sure is irritating that you are not able to shut down the computer without pressing the power button for 5 seconds. Then you have to choose to start windows normally since it didn't shut down properly. I'm not accepting a computer that is not working 100% when I get it.
And you using an SSD have nothing to do with this problem since it has nothing to do with the type of harddrive you are using

 

Shutting down doesn't freeze the computer, sending it to sleep does. So in my case I have no reason to use hibernate or sleep since it can resume from being off

 

wait. i'm slightly confused here. Did you loss the ability to restart your laptop (via windows restart), or did you loss the ability to wake up from sleep ? or going into sleep?

 

Both.windows restart & resuming from sleep will result in black screen with fans reving up all the time.Will do a power drain & see if it rectifies the problem.It may seem a minor irk considering that most ppl do not require rebooting or sleep mode,but the mandatory restart after installation of some programs might be of some concern,& one wonders if force shut down/powering up many times may cause problems to the HDD/SSD in the long term? & is it possible to downgrade BIOS to previous version?

 

Will try out the memory setting as you proposed,although that defeats the purpose of getting a HyperX 1866 RAM in the first place if we have to downclock it.Thanks bro.

 

I've noticed a few things so far (vs. A04):
-After setting bclk and selecting "apply clocks now", cursor is reset to top of menu (enable/disable overclocking)
-System responds more quickly to commands in BIOS
-Able to get +7bclk from A04

 

i see you have the 6970m r3, is brightness control working for you ? (if you are not using dell stock drivers).
Are you experiencing similar problems to Shinob!'s ?

 

mine was doing this until I updated the graphics driver

 

I was experiencing this problem BEFORE updating to A07. Well...it happened like 4 or 5x over the past few weeks (windows shut down -> system doesn't fully shut down until pushing physical power button).

Brightness control is working with CCC 11.8 beta, which is fantastic.

 

since adding this bios I am experiencing wifi internet connection issues, don't know if related or not. I have to disable enable my wifi 6300 adapter to be able to access the internet, it looks like it is connected but won't open webpages

 

@Geoffxx: There is a modded M18x bios for the M17x R3. Should be able to overclock the 2920XM.

Little offtopic, sorry.

 

any idea if this bios helps with vertex 3 freezes?

 

Wow,i see you have the 2920XM,how's it? Must have cost an arm & leg for that.Coming back to topic,I am using AMD driver 11.7 since A04 & after updating to A07.Sleep function on A04 was working back then,with exception of brightness control,everything else was rosy.
Anyway,did a battery drain & problem still persists,so I guess as long as I do manual powering off & on instead of windows restart,should be able to get by this until the next BIOS update.

 

man that sucks, could it be the ati driver? have you tried installing back to dell stock drivers?

 

I'm on A04, on my Radeon 6970m, 2820 Qm machine. Is there any benefit to me upgrading the BIOS to A07? I am very much of the attitude 'if it ain't broker don't fix it' so I worry an update causes problems. The only thing that doesnt seem to work is Fn + brightness control as I updated the graphics card drivers from dell stock to the amd catalyst 11.6 drivers. These drivers are better because Catalyst Control Center didn't always launch unless MOM.exe was killed (occasional glitch). Under 11.6 ccc launches every time, although occassionally it keeps coming up with a message saying 'it's updating settings' despite me not doing anything.

 

Did you update the firmware? If so try the LPM fix.

 

I have updated FW to 2.11 and did also LPM fix. I have followed the process here:
General Discussion Vertex 3 Freeze once a day for a min then BSOD afterward
Will see if clearing of CMOS helps.

 

Noooooo theyyyy didnt..

 

Tried falling back to Dell drivers,same problems,this time discovered that if I log off,I can't log on back,stuck in the same black screen with fans revving up.Reinstalled 11.7 drivers from AMD with the same results.
Seems like this BIOS more suited to Nvidia users,hope to hear some feedback from 460m/580m owners.

 

Really ? where can I find it, I had thought about this but assumed that if I installed M18x bios I would loose support for 3D, why don't Dell just add the support for the CPU instead of having customers jump through hoops and take risks to enable these features, Like I have said before, DELL MARKETING NEED TO TAKE A LONG HARD LOOK AT WHY THEY MAKE THESE NONESENSE DIRECTIONS. market leader AW is not, these machines should be offering at least what the competition offer preferrably better

All these high end laptops should support all the latest CPU and GPU offerings that are compatable with the hardware, rediculous

 

I went ahead & changed the memory frequency to 1600,indeed the reboot problem went away,although logging off/on issue persists.After that,i tried manually setting the memory frequency back to 1866 instead of auto,&...voila! Reboot & logging off/on issue is solved!
For HyperX 1866 users experiencing these problems,maybe you can try manually setting the memory frequency.

 

A07 BIOS actually fixed the Fn+brightness issue in my case,& I am using AMD 11.7 drivers instead of Dell's,although you should really read through my previous posts regarding the problems encountered initially before you take the plunge.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/600057-overclocking-2820qm.html

Dunno about the 3D.

 

Awesome! Glad you got it fixed I went ahead and set the memory frequency to 1866 (BIOS has it as 1867) and it does not work for me. The resume-from-sleep problem comes back. I'm still on A04 though -- I don't know if that makes a difference or not. Does resume-from-sleep work for you and are you on A07? I can run the memory at 1866 and Windows is stable and everything. Log off/on, restart, and shutdown works fine -- just not sleep.

 

Anyone know if this adds 3D for all nvidia cards or just adds support for the cards that just came out. I only as cuz 485m cards are like $530 now

 

I don't understand, I am running A04 and I have 3D, so what does this do?

 

Im guessing that all systems that are newly purchased with a 580m or 560m all have a bios higher then a04. This download is for all people that had a04 already and buy a 560m or 580m. If u dont flash this u cant use 3D with these cards on a04. Thats my take at least.

But again I ask.. does this add support for a 485M using 3D? cuz if so that would be wonderful!

 

Also just to add more info... yes a nice thing happening with the A07 bios is the brightness FN keys now work with drivers from the ATI site.

 

I have had a pretty stable R3 up until a few days ago when I installed the A07 Bios, mostly around wifi connectivity, I live in an appartment building where we have several wifi connections, I was able to switch between them as I wished but since A07 I have to disable the network card and enable again when I switch between SSid's

I have rolled back to A04 done a system restore done every fecking thing I can think of and I am still having issues, something seriously fecked up my network abilities when I installed A07, now after numerous attempts at restoring my system to a working platform I now have an issue with starting from standbye where it just doesn't see my network card

pissed off

 

Did you see the modded bios in the other thread?

I dont know whats wrong with the wifi

 

i have no idea either but updating a bios should not interfere with my installed and working hardware, I must admit I was puzzled at people having to re-install some drivers when they went from A03 to A04 - Dell have really fecked my system and I'm not happy, why should A07 have had any impact on my wifi network card, as I see it we now have an issue between A07 - W7 - and Intel 6300 that now needs fixed, most people will not see this issue unless they switch between wifi networks - when you do you will need to disable your network card and enable again to connect to a different network, the confusimg thing is that the connection looks ok but when you try to open a webpage it is not found, the only way to fix this is to reset the adapter....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

And this is why I stick to the A04, albeit the modified one.

 

If it really was caused by the BIOS it can be resolved by flashing back, I guess you haven't loaded the default BIOS settings after flashing. Go to the BIOS, load the defaults, save them and reboot. If it didn't help it most definitely wasn't caused by the BIOS.

 

i have loaded A07 have problem
i have loaded default settings have problem
uninstalled drivers reinstalled still have problem
rolled back to A04 still have problem
default settings still have problem
uninstalled drivers reinstalled still have problem
system restore still have problem
wasted enough time on this....STILL HAVE PROBLEM

very very pissed off i have to reset my wifi card every time i change network

STILL HAVE PROBLEM.........GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

I would recommend u try the modified A04, not the dell one. Just saying.
Though its not necessary for non optimus systems.

Here's the link. You have to use a bootdisk though. http://www.mediafire.com/?1wb8mob1dzj1fbb

 

Is it possible your wifi card is the problem? Or your router? I'd rule those out before trying all these hard solutions. If you are in the USA, I have an Atheros N card I can loan you if you pay for shipping and promise to send it back when you are done with it (probably 4 bucks round trip). Let me know if you need it, if you know it isn't a wifi card problem then never mind.

 

With my machine I had been having an issue previously with the older OSD and A04 causing my display driver to crash. I fixed it when I updated my OSD but still under A04. When I updated my bios to A07 it caused the issue to start again. I've rolled back to A04 to see if it will go back to working properly.

 

This problem happened immediately after A07 install reboot and now I seem to be stuck with it, one thing I do notice is that when the error is happening I have 2x wifi connections one is authentic and the other is "unrecognised network" public network, there is a vast amount of information on the net regarding this issue - many people seem to have this in various forms, I always got the unreconised network before but it didn't stop me accessing the internet.

 

Just call Dell and let them figure it out what's the problem. There is no point in you wasting your time about it. If they will find the problem with your wifi card, they will send you a new one. You have 3 years warranty, so stop worrying about it...