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    M17x r3 bios

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by chilman, Nov 8, 2012.

  1. chilman

    chilman Notebook Enthusiast

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    currently i have the alienware a8 unlocked bios on my machine, recently i noticed there is a dell a12 bios which is described as this "Alienware M17xR3 system BIOS" and it is classed as reccomended.
    is it worth flashing the bios with this or not?

    thanks
     
    chilman, Nov 8, 2012
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  2. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    IIRC, the A09 BIOS and higher from Dell for the R3 will downgrade your SATA ports from SATA 3 to SATA 2. I believe there are some modded BIOS out there which are based off the A10/A11 BIOS which keep the SATA ports as SATA 3 speeds while fixing the bugs in the BIOS.
     
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    Repsac83dk Newbie

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    I am running an unlocked a12 bios with the sata fix. Just google it :)
     
    Repsac83dk, Nov 8, 2012
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    chilman Notebook Enthusiast

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    cheers for the heads up on that, now that i have that it are there any reasons that i should be aware of for not too flash? i have a crucial m4 ssd in my ,achine.
     
    chilman, Nov 8, 2012
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