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    Studio 1747 bios update A14 released, what was changed?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by fwbfwb, Apr 13, 2011.

  1. fwbfwb

    fwbfwb Notebook Enthusiast

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    This month A14 bios were released, as usual with no useful release notes. Anyone know what it changed? Being a computer engineer, I found dell's answer to be....full of sh!t.

     
    fwbfwb, Apr 13, 2011
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  2. OneCool

    OneCool I AM NUMBER 67

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    before I look Im guessing they fixed a LoJack issue :p



    Edit : Well I might be wrong.No mention to the "fixes"

    But I know it has a 5 series chipset and 3 other laptops got BIOS updates the past week (or so) to fix some kind of LoJack problem
     
    OneCool, Apr 13, 2011
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    FredFlint_ Notebook Consultant

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    Just updated mine and was having a look through when i noticed a setting for computrace, so like a fool I changed it to see what options it had and now its activated and will not deactivate!! After looking on net it seems its not going to turn off :mad:
     
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  4. OneCool

    OneCool I AM NUMBER 67

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    Yep.It tells you in the BIOS that once enabled it cant be disabled.

    I have never figured out why this is?
     
    OneCool, Apr 13, 2011
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    After reading a bit, its for some type of tracking software. If your laptop gets stole, it phones them. Wish i did not activate the dam thing :(
    I did not even save the changes.
     
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    OneCool I AM NUMBER 67

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    Well I know what its for but just dont get why you cant disable it..

    Why cant it just be password protected or something
     
    OneCool, Apr 13, 2011
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    I wish it was. Also i did not see any warning that it was a permanent change or i would of left it. Its just a mater of time till malware starts exploiting this!
     
    FredFlint_, Apr 13, 2011
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    fwbfwb, Apr 13, 2011
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    Anyone know how to rollback to a13. I have tried running the a13 bios installer from windows but it will not flash an older bios.
     
    FredFlint_, Apr 14, 2011
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