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    m1330 bios update

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Lightlamp, Aug 19, 2008.

  1. Lightlamp

    Lightlamp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is the m1330 bios update decreasing battery life on the notebooks with intergrated intel graphics?
     
    Lightlamp, Aug 19, 2008
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    Haven't heard anything of this issue. Where did you hear this from?
     
    Polarix, Aug 19, 2008
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    He's referring to Dell increasing notebook fan speeds to counter nVidia's potentially faulty GPUs.
     
    Greg, Aug 19, 2008
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    That's with X3100, right? I've got the 8400GS, tried A12 BIOS and rolled back to A09 'cause I couldn't take the constant-on fan. Going on a year now, and haven't had any data corruption or display issues (well, except for the original CMO LCD with several dead pixels I had to get replaced).
     
    PookiePrancer, Aug 20, 2008
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