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    WiFi problems since installing the A11 bios

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Free-Way, Sep 26, 2009.

  1. Free-Way

    Free-Way Notebook Enthusiast

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    does anyone encountered any wifi problems after installing the A11 bios on my 1340 ?
    Never had any problems with my wifi until installing the new bios. I get randow freeze ups. The connection in windows stays connected tho ICQ and games like Guild Wars do disconnect very often... Does anyone know how to fix this ?
     
    Free-Way, Sep 26, 2009
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    update
    rolled back to the A07 bios and now everything is ok.. guess it is really the new bios... if anyone got any info about it I would love to know...
     
    Free-Way, Sep 26, 2009
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    same here, little problems but, what i've noticed is this: right clicking on network icon to go to Network and Sharing Center always gets me stuck...
    I can never open network sharing center since a11!!!. Also wifi speeds are kinda laggy now. before I use to open pages lot quicker.
    Dell is ty with their drivers and bios... I mean what do they have to do they get parts from other companies all they have to do i engineer a good chassy and put all the parts together and then make working drivers!!!!! and earn millions. Dell really fell back in this game! Im thinking of buying the new m15x but since its under dell's line scares me!
     
    AlexSochi, Sep 30, 2009
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    The wifi touch media button will flash many times to cause the wifi on and off after I resumed from the sleep mode. And...I believe the BIOS is causing this. I never had this problem before.
     
    hanming, Sep 30, 2009
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    Only had this thing for a few weeks now, but today my wireless was disabled for no apparent reason and my media buttons did not work. I couldn't find any way to enable wireless manually. I had to search online on another computer for a solution and found that i had to hard shut down the computer and remove/reinstall the battery. Not very promising...

    The other problem I've had so far was coming out of sleep (not every time) the wireless and bluetooth would stutter and freeze the laptop with the only way out being to start the task manager and restart the computer.
     
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    I have the same problems with the new bios. Only way to get it working is shutting off the computer and turning it back on. A simple restart wont work.

    So the only fix is downgrading to order bios firmware? Where can I find the old version?
     
    latinracer, Oct 2, 2009
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