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    Need Full Bios Flash

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by Alienweary, Oct 20, 2010.

  1. Alienweary

    Alienweary Newbie

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    Does anyone have a full bios, not just an update, I can download for an Alienware Area 51 m15x R1 with Vista, I AM IN DESPERATE NEED OF THIS FILE ASAP JUST TO SEE IF I CAN REPAIR THIS SYSTEM OR RETURN IT TO SELLER, ANY ONE WITH GREAT KNOWLEDGE OF THIS SYSTEM AND LAPTOP I COULD REALLY USE HELP IF YOU COULD PLEASE, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE!!!!!!!!
    Thanks
     
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Isn't the bios update from Alienware the full thing?
     
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    Maybe I can't sign in there, previous owner is registered and they won't change user or let me register, so I can't log in to download and hopefully repair this laptop. Let me know if you have idea
     
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    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thank you, will it fit on a floppy? I am thinking I need to do an iflash since I have no screen,
     
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    it's smaller than 1mb.
     
    kobe, Oct 20, 2010
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    Thanks but I do need a iflash bios for same to load on floppy and hope to reload corrupt bios on boot, I have no screen and am hoping it is the bios not a bad board. Do you have access to same bios in iflash file format?
     
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    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    I don't know how to do that.
     
    kobe, Oct 20, 2010
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