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    Anyone have A06 Bios for AW17?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by cookies981, Jan 1, 2014.

  1. cookies981

    cookies981 Notebook Evangelist

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    I upgraded my AW 17 to the new A07 and it now runs quite a bit hotter than it used to so I was thinking about downgrading, however Dell no longer has a download for the A06 bios.

    So anyone here have it?

    Thanks!
     
    cookies981, Jan 1, 2014
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  2. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The A06 was never officially released. Only a few people who ordered their systems during a few weeks in November got this BIOS. We don't know why. It was weird.

    A07 makes your pc run hotter? Or the fans seem louder/more active? There's a big difference. A07 for me seems to have altered the cooling, but in a good way. The fans seem more responsive.
     
    J.Dre, Jan 2, 2014
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    Ditto....mine actually seems to run better and has the fans kicking in a little less often, and when they do they are not ramping up as high. Temps have not changed for me at all.
     
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    Weird. The area below my gpu is noticeably hotter after flashing A07 and my system is overall quieter. Temps are about 5-10 degrees more than they used to be (3dmark before on the fire strike test gave me 68, now its 75 for example). Granted it's not a massive difference and I'm still well within thermal limits but was just weird so I guess they must have modified the fan settings.

    I guess I could try reflashing it and re-installing the drivers to see if that changes anything.

    One benefit of A07 though is my scores went up. A06 gave me 4700-4800, A07 gives me 5100-5200. Stock clocks and vbios.
     
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  5. Alienware-L_Porras

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    Yup, it isn't available on the website. I would recommend you to stay with the A07 until a new release comes out.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jan 2, 2014
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