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    Longshot but worth a shot. Swapping Bios with Workstation

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by timbo126, Feb 12, 2011.

  1. timbo126

    timbo126 Notebook Guru

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    Well as it says in the title I was wondering if it would be possible to flash my m17x R2 BIOS with the BIOS from a Dell Precision M6500 in order to have support for Quadro cards. All the internals see to be nearly the smae besides the GPU's and it even has the same charger. I kno its probably a long shot but just woondering if it would be possible.
     
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  2. VoiceInTheWilderness

    VoiceInTheWilderness Notebook Consultant

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    Sounds risky Timbo; maybe not all that worth a shot. You do realize how serious a gamble it is, right? If it doesn't go (I don't really know whether it will or not), you then need not another flash, but a new BIOS chip, i.e., motherboard. I don't think these later BIOS versions can be recovered using a USB drive.
     
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  3. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    That's a one way ticket,i never saw a precision mobo,but if the flash fails then..like above start looking for a new one!
     
    katalin_2003, Feb 12, 2011
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    I think you should it for one reason, and one reason alone:
    So I can benefit from the unlikely event that it succeeds!
     
    kunekaden, Feb 12, 2011
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    If you do this you will make the worlds most expensive paper weight
     
    dave-p, Feb 12, 2011
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