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    Area 51 BIOS A02

    Discussion in 'Alienware Desktops' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, Jun 11, 2015.

  1. Spartan@HIDevolution

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    Spartan@HIDevolution, Jun 11, 2015
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    There's more to the BIOS than what Dell mentions. I'll update with the differences soon.
     
    Zero989, Jun 12, 2015
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    Dell has never been good at explaining changes in bios upgrades. Just as bad every time.
     
    Papusan, Jun 12, 2015
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    Well since they released their initial BIOS more than 6 months ago, it is about bloody time that they released a BIOS update that will hopefully resolve the issue of why you can only do Tri SLI with 3 980GTX cards but doesn't work with Titan X cards.

    They even removed the option to purchase the Alienware Area 51 with a Dual Titan X setup from their site a few days ago. Poor Dell engineers have no clue how to make their own systems work.

    Origin PC FTW!
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Jun 12, 2015
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    There never was an option to purchase dual TITAN X's. You're thinking of the TITAN Z.
     
    Game7a1, Jun 12, 2015
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    Well I have the bios and as yet nothing new to report
     
    gschneider, Jun 12, 2015
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    As expected :D.
     
    Papusan, Jun 12, 2015
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    ah my bad.
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Jun 12, 2015
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