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    L501X Bioses Comparison

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by SimoxTav, Jan 10, 2011.

  1. SimoxTav

    SimoxTav Notebook Evangelist

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    Today Dell released the rev A06 bios

    HERE

    It would be nice to see if the voltage of the GT435 has been adjusted to reduce the generated heat.Or maybe we will find useful informations about the refreshed hardware.
    BTW has anyone found a way to decrypt the bios?

    The log says:
    But...what about the A05? wasn't the latest the A04?
     
    SimoxTav, Jan 10, 2011
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    TheFirst&Last Notebook Guru

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    I was trying to download it but its not allowing me to maybe Dell pulled them already.
     
    TheFirst&Last, Jan 10, 2011
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    Won't let me download it either.
     
    bobbyb0322, Jan 10, 2011
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    The new graphics driver wouldn't download for me right away either. I guess it takes a few days for the new downloads to work properly.
     
    compwiz0620, Jan 10, 2011
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    I managed to download and update the XPS 15 bios to A06. The 435m voltage is still 0.96v.
    As far as I can see, there is no visible difference compared to the older bios.
     
    neohimura, Jan 11, 2011
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    The fixes & enhancements section states:

    "Fix LAN SID and VID write error when implement MACID on A05 BIOS."
     
    nahguam, Jan 11, 2011
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