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    Studio XPS 1645 bricked or A07?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Dinkleburg, Feb 13, 2010.

  1. Dinkleburg

    Dinkleburg Notebook Consultant

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    An hour back, I downloaded A07 and ran it. So while the bios was flashing, I removed the internet ethernet cable to plug it into my netbook, I got a white screen and then the screen turned blank, so i plugged it back it in. The system was still running in the background(loud fan noise). So I waited for 20 mins(system was still running) and then tried switching it off by holding the power button. It didnt help despite 3 attempts. So I removed the battery and switched on the system. CPU-Z indicates A07 and when I run A07 it says Im on A07.
    The system was still running while I removed the battery?
    How do I install A07 again?
    I have my doubts it was properly installed.
     
    Dinkleburg, Feb 13, 2010
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    Asherek Notebook Consultant

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    If your machine was actually bricked and the BIOS didn't install fully, I doubt you'd even be able to boot up into Windows. Or even POST, to be honest.
     
    Asherek, Feb 13, 2010
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    Dinkleburg Notebook Consultant

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    Youre most probably right but my mind wont be in peace until I do a fresh install of A07. Either that or Ill have to wait for A08. :(
     
    Dinkleburg, Feb 13, 2010
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    atlstang Notebook Evangelist

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    could you not just flash back to like A06 then flash forward again? not touching anything this time lol
     
    atlstang, Feb 13, 2010
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  5. Dinkleburg

    Dinkleburg Notebook Consultant

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    Ill do that.
     
    Dinkleburg, Feb 13, 2010
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    Dinkleburg, Feb 13, 2010
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    I would use an official bios release like A03 to reanimate your notebook but normally every bios should do.
     
    DaSeppel, Feb 13, 2010
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    Just apply A07 again if you're concerned about it, you don't have to reflash to an older version. I don't recommend flashing the BIOS more than you have to, flashing under Windows is way too risky IMO, if the system crashed at the wrong time it can be bricked.
     
    eblock12, Feb 13, 2010
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  9. Dinkleburg

    Dinkleburg Notebook Consultant

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    Thats what I did.
    I downloaded A03 from strags.com

    But I experienced the exact same problem without touching anything. After a couple of seconds of running A03, I got a white screen followed by a blank screen. I repeated the same procedure as before. I tried holding the power button it didnt switch off. So I removed the battery and CPU-Z shows A03 now.

    It didnt let me flash to A07.
     
    Dinkleburg, Feb 13, 2010
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    Experienced the same problem while flashing to A07 again from A03.
     
    Dinkleburg, Feb 13, 2010
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