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What is QUANTA; SW,BIOS,NBK,XPS,L502X?

Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by wenbin, Dec 25, 2011.

wenbin Notebook Enthusiast

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Hi, I just noticed that in the Dell driver download section, there is a new bios file. It doesn't show in my files for {service tag} section, but shows in the files for XPS 15.

The info is as follows.

QUANTA; SW,BIOS,NBK,XPS,L502X
Release Date: 15/12/2011
Version: A07
Importance:
Download Type: BIOS
File Format: Windows/DOS
File Size: 9MB

Compatibility
Systems
XPS Notebook L502X
Operating Systems
BIOS
Applies to

SW,BIOS,NBK,XPS,L502X

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Is there anyone who knows what these words SW,BIOS,NBK mean?

wenbin, Dec 25, 2011

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Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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EDIT: Oops, I see what the question is... BIOS is clearly BIOS, NBK is probably "notebook"... beats me about SW.

Commander Wolf, Dec 25, 2011

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Software?...

Again, these are really hard to comprehend..

Ryan, Dec 25, 2011

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I don't even bother decrypting those. If it applies to my laptop, and the revision is newer then mine, I download and install it.

VPR5703, Dec 26, 2011

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