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    Flashing back R4 to A05 bios. Anyone tried it?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by WackMan, Jan 5, 2013.

  1. WackMan

    WackMan Notebook Guru

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    Please ignore the post. If it ain’t broke why fix it right?

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    WackMan, Jan 5, 2013
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  2. shinji257

    shinji257 Notebook Deity

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    Just in case anyone else sees this

    You won't be able to flash back to A05 or older once you go up to A09 or newer due to new security implemented in the firmware. Some people bricked their system trying.

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    shinji257, Jan 6, 2013
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