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    Games crashing after Bios A09 update

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by CSHawkeye81, Oct 24, 2012.

  1. CSHawkeye81

    CSHawkeye81 Notebook Deity

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    Anyone else having this problem. Never had this before. Fired up WOW and BF3 and both games crashed after about 5 minutes. Just wondering could this be an overheating issue or something else??
     
    CSHawkeye81, Oct 24, 2012
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  2. Amourparfait

    Amourparfait Notebook Guru

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    I am still using A05 lol. Worth downloading A08 or A09, despite the problems you're experiencing?
     
    Amourparfait, Oct 24, 2012
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    tayer Notebook Consultant

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    Don't be a cowboy with your rig's hardware. Immediately go download All CPU Meter and GPU Monitor 6 (or similar applications) to monitor your temps and performance. Also, roll back your bios to A05 and see if the problem persists. If so, call tech support and get it worked on.

    Regards.
     
    tayer, Oct 25, 2012
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  4. CSHawkeye81

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    For some reason its not letting me roll back. I get this message:

    It only supports to flash secure BIOS on current platform. The image to be updates is not a secure BIOS.
     
    CSHawkeye81, Oct 25, 2012
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  5. Xenn0X

    Xenn0X Notebook Evangelist

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    A09 works fine here with 7970M. maybe nvidia related?
     
    Xenn0X, Oct 25, 2012
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    Yea. I got A09 on mine today. Played some Dishonored without issue. It does look like once you go to A09 you can't go back to a prior bios though due to them adding secure boot into the mix.
     
    shinji257, Oct 25, 2012
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  7. Alienware-Natalia_J

    Alienware-Natalia_J Company Representative

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    Re flash the BIOS, maybe it was flashed incorrectly.

    Update the graphic card drivers, the chipset driver and the network driver after that.
     
    Alienware-Natalia_J, Oct 25, 2012
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  8. Quadzilla

    Quadzilla The eye is watching you

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    I updated to A09 the day it hit and have had no issues at all. I think i have beat 2 games since updating to A09 so plenty of time to exhibit any odd behavior .

    You mentioned in that other thread about your Msata dropping out so it might be related to that .
     
    Quadzilla, Oct 25, 2012
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  9. CSHawkeye81

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    bumping this up as this actually might be an issue with the latest firmware from Crucial on their MSATA SSD's
     
    CSHawkeye81, Oct 26, 2012
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