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    m15x BIOS 32 (overheating?)

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Allenj3, Apr 26, 2008.

  1. Allenj3

    Allenj3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wanting to know.. if anyone knows if the m15x (say, if ordered today) will come standard with the BIOS updates. I believe the latest update is the X32 version, which from what I have read, has seemingly put an end to the overheating issues of the past. Can anyone comment on this topic in general?

    Supposing the BIOS Updates don't come standard, where can they be acquired?
     
    Allenj3, Apr 26, 2008
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  2. jl1989

    jl1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    you can download it through your "My Hive" support page, and it should be there when you receive it now....

    no overheating problems for majority of people (less than 90degrees), and no downclocking either.. of course there might be exceptions, but generally it looks good.
     
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  3. GRB

    GRB Notebook Deity

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    I think I remember reading an off-hand account of some small downclocks in X32, but I'm skeptical of the reliability of that. For practically everyone else who had the downclocking problem before, X32 solved it.
     
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