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    Dell send me a Chipset Rev b2 ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by K-nabeesse, Mar 9, 2011.

  1. T2050

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    One up here as well...

    You need BIOS A04 for this to display correctly in conjuction with the newest HWINFO and CPUZ.

    I have two R3's at the moment. The first said B2 until I did the above, then it displayed B3.
    The replacement I recieved recently came out of box with BIOS A04, and when checked with HWINFO and CPUZ, the chipset stepping is B3.

    I wouldn't worry about it, as all M17x R3's output to 3 different SATA devices. Therefore there is no way Dell can reuse the old B2 motherboards, without replacing the chipset (actual chip) itself with a B3 chipset, and then use as re-furbs for warrenty (most likely).
     
    T2050, May 23, 2011
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  2. FallenwingsMiku

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    The problem is alot of us have A04, and its still displayed as B2 in CPUZ and HWINFO32. :(

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/580365-my-new-laptop-intel-sandy-bridge-issue.html
     
    FallenwingsMiku, May 23, 2011
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  3. FallenwingsMiku

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    Can someone help explaining this please?
     
    FallenwingsMiku, May 23, 2011
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  4. paradigm

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    yup same here..a B2 Rev 09
     
    paradigm, May 25, 2011
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    LVNeptune, May 28, 2011
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    Thanks LVNeptune, that worked great!
     
    carthikv12, May 30, 2011
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  7. LVNeptune

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    No problem :)
     
    LVNeptune, May 31, 2011
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