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    A7-10 Bios for 1645

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by cbaty08, Jun 28, 2010.

  1. cbaty08

    cbaty08 Notebook Evangelist

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    While on the phone telling the rep I didn't want to load A10 unless I could revert back, she gave me this site:

    Drivers and Downloads

    You can click other versions and go back to 7 if you felt the need..... Thought some might find this helpful.
     
    cbaty08, Jun 28, 2010
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    Silverstreak98 Notebook Guru

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    Thanks! Planning on going back to A09 for sure.
     
    Silverstreak98, Jun 28, 2010
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    What is the issues with A10?
     
    gizweb, Jun 30, 2010
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  4. cbaty08

    cbaty08 Notebook Evangelist

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    A10 throttles the GPU @ 78*
     
    cbaty08, Jun 30, 2010
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    If you set gpu clock with rivatuner gpu can reach 100°c and zero throttling :D
     
    Dany|R, Jun 30, 2010
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    I'm running A10 and I still only get the CPU throttling after about 5mins of game play. GPU is 84.5 degrees and CPU is 84 degrees. The throttling is always the same, with the glitching sounds coming from the speakers and near instant frame rate drop, not gradual.
     
    wetcardboard, Jun 30, 2010
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    I tried A10 and got GPU throttling at 86C. Weird stuff.
     
    gpig, Jun 30, 2010
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  8. cbaty08

    cbaty08 Notebook Evangelist

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    WHAT THE? REALLY? hmm.. how could this be. . . .?
     
    cbaty08, Jun 30, 2010
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    Wow i found a game i can ACTUALLY PLAY WITHOUT THROTTLING...L4D1 30mins and counting! (BTW its on sale on Steam for $6.80 USD today!)
     
    wetcardboard, Jul 1, 2010
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    my l4d2 throttles. finally called them to replace my motherboard ,doubt it will do anything.The only way to make it not throttle is turn off AA and AF .
     
    tvdang7, Jul 1, 2010
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    @tvdang7 - what gpu do u got? ATi 5730?
     
    aolee, Jul 1, 2010
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    for throttling issues you should download BIOS A07 or later.. and make sure you have a 130W power supply.

    and don't forget that the power option is set to High performance
     
    DanLionheart, Jul 1, 2010
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    4670 sitting here waiting for the tech.
     
    tvdang7, Jul 1, 2010
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    Odd...I just got gpu throttling for the first time. My max temp in HWmonitor was 77 degrees (using external monitor with screen closed). Guess I will be going back to A09.
     
    wetcardboard, Jul 1, 2010
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  15. wetcardboard

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    May I ask how you managed to accomplish this seeing as RivaTuner only works for changing clock options on nVidia cards?
     
    wetcardboard, Jul 1, 2010
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    How do you set the power option to High preformance? Also I just downloaded the A10 BIOS and my FPS in games like Mass Effect 2 is 20-25 at 1600X900, should I download the A07 BIOS or revert back to the A09 BIOS?!
     
    ooengineer, Jul 1, 2010
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  17. wetcardboard

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    You should be using A09 BIOS and turn your resolution down to 1280x720.

    How exactly DOES one revert to A09 from A10?
     
    wetcardboard, Jul 2, 2010
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    Hey so did I make a mistake by going to A10 since it tells me that I can't downgrade.... Also I see in your signature that you have "catalyst 10.6" what is this and shoud I get this as well? We have the exact same rig so if your preformance is any good I want to be able to match it.
     
    ooengineer, Jul 2, 2010
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    gpig, Jul 2, 2010
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  20. phobos512

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    Maybe 5 years ago but RivaTuner has been available for ATI cards for quite some time...

     
    phobos512, Jul 2, 2010
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