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    Buggy BIOS A12 ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by scop, Jul 9, 2014.

  1. scop

    scop Notebook Guru

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    Hello
    From Dell French support, i got
    Version , A12
    Alienware 17
    09/07/2014
    Enhancement:
    Modify warning message for dialog of OC setting.
    MD5: 87fa95a98832bc49ddcaf27b6b054fac
    f:\Dell\AW17A12.exe 11315152 09/07/2014 10:59 -a--

    Running it, i got a warning message
    Current BIOS ID Alienware 17 Version A11
    new BIOS ID Alienware 17 Version A09

    What's up, BUG ? new bios older than the previous ...!
     
    scop, Jul 9, 2014
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  2. kristofaro1

    kristofaro1 Newbie

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    I confirm, me too on aw 17
     
    kristofaro1, Jul 9, 2014
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  3. GMLP

    GMLP Notebook Consultant

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    They uploaded the wrong file I guess :(
     
    GMLP, Jul 9, 2014
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  4. scop

    scop Notebook Guru

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    Wrong file ? Hum, not sure, A09 was
    f:\Dell\AW17A09.exe 11314936 17/03/2014 11:19 -a--

    wrong packaging!
    now i know that, i will be very suspicious with new bios ...
     
    scop, Jul 9, 2014
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  5. jameslee3978

    jameslee3978 Notebook Consultant

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    Yup still wrong file as of this morning,
     
    jameslee3978, Jul 9, 2014
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    I done the update and same for me in Australia I thought it was crazy going backwards but it said 2
     
    jimbo4510, Jul 10, 2014
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  7. tinker_xp

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    I reached out to alienwaretech on twitter, but never got a reply....
     
    tinker_xp, Jul 10, 2014
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  8. GMLP

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    They deleted the file. The latest BIOS right now is A11 on Dell Support site.
     
    GMLP, Jul 11, 2014
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  9. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Sorry about that guys, we corrected the mistake as soon as we could. Thanks for your feedback here and on @AlienwareTech.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 11, 2014
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  10. jutley

    jutley Notebook Enthusiast

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    I thought something was wrong will wait for 12 now.
     
    jutley, Jul 11, 2014
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  11. jimbo4510

    jimbo4510 Notebook Guru

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    a12 what are the improvements
     
    jimbo4510, Jul 12, 2014
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  12. jimbo4510

    jimbo4510 Notebook Guru

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    dont worrie instead of fixing the problem they delete it on dell site
     
    jimbo4510, Jul 13, 2014
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  13. nick81

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    Why the sarcasm? Did your little world stop spinning because you couldn't update your BIOS?

    P.S: If I were you, I'd worr y first about my spelling and grammar. :p
     
    nick81, Jul 13, 2014
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  14. jimbo4510

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    why the sarcasm they put wrong bios up and correct it by deleting it and reverting back to a11 not the new a12 bios
    p.s not here for spelling and grammar
     
    jimbo4510, Jul 13, 2014
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  15. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    so there's no point in updating i see :p
     
    thegh0sts, Jul 13, 2014
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  16. Alienware-L_Porras

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    The BIOS that was uploaded was not working properly, so we had to take it down while the engineering team works on it (we deleted it from the site). We'll let you know once we have it posted again.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 15, 2014
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  17. 1Coopgt

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    What was buggy about A12. I'm running it on my 17 ? Seems ok I haven't noticed any thing so far . Has anyone mentioned problems with A10 or A11 and the motherboard time going off/slow . When I was on A10 and 11 I had to re-set the time in my bios at least 3 or 4 times . It may have been caused when I unplugged the power supply while the laptop was up and running not really sure .
     
    1Coopgt, Jul 15, 2014
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  18. MatthewAMEL

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    My AW17 bluescreens at least once a day when it sleeps since 'updating' the BIOS.

    Stay away. Far away.

    Windows 8.1 (64bit), 16GB RAM, SSD, 4900MQ
     
    MatthewAMEL, Jul 15, 2014
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  19. jameslee3978

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    If you did flash the a12, flash back to a11,
     
    jameslee3978, Jul 16, 2014
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  20. Hackintoshihope

    Hackintoshihope AlienMeetsApple

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    Yeah because as the Alienware tech said it was a09 just renamed lol.
     
    Hackintoshihope, Jul 16, 2014
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  21. 1Coopgt

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    My bad sorry. I never downloaded or Installed A12 . It was A09 and A10 that I had the Bios clock issues .The Clock has been stable for me on A11
     
    1Coopgt, Jul 18, 2014
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  22. scop

    scop Notebook Guru

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    "Alienware 17 System BIOS View details
    AW17A12.exe | Windows/DOS (11 MB)
    BIOS
    |Release date 7/17/2014
    Last Updated 7/17/2014
    |
    MD5 : 09a1e370a9eb565bea113e400ae56597

    Enhancement:
    Modify warning message for dialog of OC setting    ."

    Ha ha a new one,
    Who is willing to test ?
     
    scop, Jul 18, 2014
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  23. tinker_xp

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    Untitled.jpg
    Looks promising!
     
    tinker_xp, Jul 18, 2014
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  24. scop

    scop Notebook Guru

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    Then what after updating ?
     
    scop, Jul 18, 2014
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  25. Papusan

    Papusan Jokebook's Sucks! Dont waste your $$$ on Filthy

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    Hi
    Is there anyone who has been able to test the new A12 bios and seen if there are any improvements. Is this A12 bios only with a warning about overclocking?
     
    Papusan, Jul 19, 2014
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  26. nick81

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    I updated my BIOS from A11 to A12 and didn't notice any difference personally.

    Haven't overclocked my AW17 so didn't expect this firmware to do anything.
     
    nick81, Jul 20, 2014
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  27. tinker_xp

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    No difference for me neither that I can see.
     
    tinker_xp, Jul 20, 2014
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