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    New BIOS for m1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Warrior1986, Jul 30, 2008.

  1. Warrior1986

    Warrior1986 Notebook Consultant

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    Has anyone tried out the A09 bios? I'm curious what's happened to your temps and battery life.

    Also, does anyone know what the hell is the story with the whole cursor/everything freezing while you wait for a disc to be ejected? Is this ever going to be fixed?
     
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  2. dell.scares.me

    dell.scares.me Notebook Consultant

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    Most people are running cooler. I didn't really notice a difference, but then again my GPU rarely sees temps above 65C. Battery life is the same for me.


    And I dunno about the eject problem, just wait until it stops ejecting?
     
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  3. Warrior1986

    Warrior1986 Notebook Consultant

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    Yea, I'm wondering wheter to bother with it or not since the only time the GPU gets worked is when I'm gaming. But when I do it sits on top of my Notepal Infinite cooler. Otherwise, I just use it wherever and while browsing or doing non-gaming things, I think the highest I've seen it go to is between 63-65. While gaming, the highest its ever been was 75 while running at an overclock of 650 core 875 mem.
     
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    A little cooler.
     
    thekooler, Jul 30, 2008
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    That was just fixed with the A09 BIOS update.
     
    VipeR_930, Jul 30, 2008
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    Warrior1986 Notebook Consultant

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    Oh cool. I didn't see that in the list of changes. Time to download it
     
    Warrior1986, Jul 30, 2008
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    It's running a bit cooler so far I guess.
     
    Bowlerguy92, Jul 30, 2008
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