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    SXPS 16 BIOS A11 and updates in general

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by fred2028, Oct 30, 2009.

  1. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    Anyone notice any difference going from A10 to A11 on an SXPS 1640?

    Also, do BIOS updates have to be incremental? Can I say go from A10 to A14 when it's out, or I must go A10, 11, 12, 13, 14?
     
    fred2028, Oct 30, 2009
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  2. jeff0078

    jeff0078 Notebook Consultant

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    You can definitely skip BIOS updates and jump from A10 to A14 (for example).
     
    jeff0078, Oct 30, 2009
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  3. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    A11 bios fixed an issue that i had with brightness being all the way down at start up whch was annoying and boot time i think
     
    Mechanized Menace, Oct 31, 2009
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  4. MrSpock2002

    MrSpock2002 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah that annoying brightness bug is gone that got to me lol. I generally update to every version. It's not like when building a pc yourself, and a BIOS update fixes things for certain hardware that may not be installed... Like an update for 45nm CPU's when you might have a 65nm CPU installed.

    These updates are specifically for this 1 system. So it's generally best to update as updates come out.
     
    MrSpock2002, Nov 1, 2009
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  5. gaah

    gaah Notebook Deity

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    Updates are generally good for performance and improving how things work together. In this case, the BIOS update A11 was released to improve two things:

    You will usually have a "change" log if you click the updates hyperlink name (to the left of download button).
     
    gaah, Nov 1, 2009
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