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    Need some help with my m17x r4 BIOS

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by kuazaa, Aug 31, 2018.

  1. kuazaa

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    Hi guys,

    I have an m17x r4 with 3630hq and a 7970m that worked fine until this monday when I decided to upgrade some of my old drivers (both graphic cards and wireless card) and BIOS (to the A14 version that was released march 30th).

    Since then I experienced many BSODs (Driver Power State Failure) and after checking some things I came to a conclusion that it needed to be a graphic card driver and BIOS compatibility problem or something like that.

    I saw an increase of CPU temperatures with this new BIOS version too.

    So, I don't have experience touching BIOS, but I imagine that downgrading it will solve my problems.

    I saw there's a lot of people with the A11 unlocked BIOS but like I said, I'm a newbie, so I don't know what an unlocked BIOS stand for lol

    What BIOS do you recommend me to downgrade guys? Or in other words, what do you think the optimal configuration will be in this case?

    Thanks and sorry for my english!
     
    kuazaa, Aug 31, 2018
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