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    New bios for inspiron 1520, is it worth it?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Mimino, Sep 5, 2007.

  1. Mimino

    Mimino Notebook Communist

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    I have a dell inspiron 1520 with a bios dated 07/20/07. dell has a new version on its web site, dated aug 20. is it worth updating to the new one?

    thank you,

    BiG_V
     
    Mimino, Sep 5, 2007
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    Might as well, I did, nothing bad seemed to have happened. I think all it does though is support new Intel CPUs
     
    Intelman, Sep 5, 2007
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  3. Mimino

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    yeah, that's what the release notes stated...seems to work pretty good right now w/o this update, so i was just wondering if it is a good idea to update. appreciate it, man.
     
    Mimino, Sep 5, 2007
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    Its always to update the BIOS for portable system but not for desktops because they will just cause bigger problems especially the old ones.
     
    ScanR, Sep 5, 2007
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