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    BIOS A13 for M1330

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by 7oby, Oct 31, 2008.

  1. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    Kingston.. Not G.Skill.. I'd have preferred Crucial or corsair.. Or OCZ, if they were available..

    And no, 8GB isn't superfluous by far.. I have at least 3 or more VMs running simultaneously.. So it helps tremendously.. The only downside is that since I haven't assigned a pagefile that large :p, the system is a wee bit unstable, if one of the VMs crashes..

    As for A13.. No downsides so far.. And no.. not bad battery life either.. It still gives me around 5 hours on regular work.. I am guessing there would probably have been problems with the newer procs supported by the update... In any case... this notebook's had its time with me.. Will be getting another in 6 months or less.. Probably a nice tablet.. :D The only thing that bothered me was the fan that became noisy every 3 months.. then I changed the fan to an aftermarket one.. and all's fine.. I don't remember the brand.. but it was something K-Tron recommended..
     
    sesshomaru, Nov 23, 2008
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  2. Marv-in

    Marv-in Newbie

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    A14 is here... :)
     
    Marv-in, Nov 24, 2008
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  3. traveller

    traveller Notebook Deity

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    A14 is here... and A13 is gone? At least in the Dell EU site(s)...!

    Not that I have any [current] use for 8GB of memory, but can we assume that the same support is available with A14?

    The following BIOS revisions are available on Dell's EU site(s):

    A02, A06, A07, A09, A10, A11, A12 & A14.

    My original Nov 2007 mobo came with A05, my Feb 2008 mobo came with A07 and my current (Nov) mobo came with A12 (although A13 was already available, according to this thread...).
     
    traveller, Nov 25, 2008
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  4. traveller

    traveller Notebook Deity

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    roflmao, that's hilarious :twitcy:

    Well my first two mobos died with A05 & A09 respectively (one GPU, one onboard Power)... so what number should I "play" with my latest mobo (now sporting A12, but considering A14)...?
     
    traveller, Nov 25, 2008
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  5. theodore80

    theodore80 Notebook Enthusiast

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    A12 is the best for me until now but I haven't tried A14 yet.

    It is difficult to change from such a stable BIOS to an unknown new version. For the time being I stick with A12 until some time passes..
     
    theodore80, Nov 25, 2008
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  6. 7oby

    7oby Notebook Evangelist

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    A13 BIOS has been removed from ftp server. That's unusual since other older BIOS versions are still available.

    Use A14 BIOS or higher:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=323944

    However that's bad news for those with 8GB memory, since A14 doesn't support 8GB as A13 did. And A15 is not available yet.
     
    7oby, Dec 8, 2008
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  7. moreammo

    moreammo Newbie

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    pubforum.info/welcome/BLOG/tabid/78/EntryID/8/Default.aspx

    This guy claims he is running a14 with 8GB no problem.

    sorry for the lame url I haven't made 15 posts yet. just add the usual www to the front of it
     
    moreammo, Dec 10, 2008
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  8. tsitwone

    tsitwone Notebook Guru

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    does anyone still have the A13 bios that they can upload, because I missed out on it. And i want to upgrade my 1330 to 8gb of ram. Since ill be going 2 school soon and doing alot of multitasking. let me know thanks
     
    tsitwone, Dec 28, 2008
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  9. MexicanSnake

    MexicanSnake I'm back!

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    Here you go:

    http://www.filefactory.com/file/af6f863/n/M1330A13_EXE
    Enjoy it :). Ermm I have it on my m1330 and no problems so far.
     
    MexicanSnake, Dec 28, 2008
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  10. honguy

    honguy Notebook Consultant

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    I have A14 can I go back to A13. Thanks
     
    honguy, Dec 28, 2008
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  11. redbaron51

    redbaron51 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,

    My OH has a M1330 running on A09 BIOS at the moment, stable and no problems.

    Do you guys erckon I should upgrade to A12 or A14????

    cheers
     
    redbaron51, Dec 30, 2008
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