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    Who has to update Drivers and bios?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by tazm0n, Sep 1, 2010.

  1. tazm0n

    tazm0n Notebook Geek

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    Hello!
    Does anyone know if Dell is shipping out current (R2) systems with everything updated to the level/versions being suggested in various threads here?

    I'll look for the Nvidia driver version when I get home, but not sure where I would look to see if I have the A03 Bios. I would think that Dell shipped mine with the latest greatest (expecting too much?) since it was built last week and shipped yesterday or is it known that no new systems are shipping with the latest drivers/bios.

    Thanks for any info!

    (btw, loving the M11x so far, hated to put it away when it was time to do some work :D )
     
    tazm0n, Sep 1, 2010
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  2. corwinicre

    corwinicre Notebook Deity

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    Dell video drivers are quite a few iterations behind nvidia's releases, so you're probably going to want to update them no matter what. I'm not sure about the bios.
     
    corwinicre, Sep 1, 2010
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  3. Alienware-Joel

    Alienware-Joel Notebook Consultant

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    I received mine yesterday- same build time and shipping time as you, it came with the AO2 Bios, so I just downloaded all the latest drivers manually.
     
    Alienware-Joel, Sep 2, 2010
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    txa1265 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The reality is that with the m11x and other cutting edge tech stuff you really need to keep up with BIOS and drivers and so on. Getting the one for the Integrated Graphics, for example, was *very* helpful for me.
     
    txa1265, Sep 2, 2010
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  5. tazm0n

    tazm0n Notebook Geek

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    Thanks for the info guys. Much appreciated! And congrats Joel :D
     
    tazm0n, Sep 2, 2010
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