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Alienware A09 Bios problem
Okay I have a alienware m15x laptop an the disk optical drive is completely shot... So I don't know if the A09 bios only way of upgrading is to do the CD burning stuff but mines broken.. I did upgrade from usb to A08. Is there any way like that besides the disk drive to upgrade to A09 bios? If so please let me know :)))
DELL-Chris M
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August 24th, 2012 07:00
nickyczrawr,
According to the A09 instructions, you should be able to run it from a bootable USB key, "Bootable Flash Drive = Unzip M15xA09.zip and execute f.bat in DOS.". Explain why you think the ODD (optical disk drive) is defective.
nickyczrawr
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August 24th, 2012 10:00
Its just completely shot it does not read disks an barely lets the disks go in.. An sometimes it will make loud noises until you prob a disk inside then it stops :P on my part its just completely shot lol
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August 24th, 2012 11:00
Hi guys, I'm gonna pitch in with a couple steps on how to flash the A09 BIOS properly on this system, click on the link below:
BIOS version A09 cannot be flashed in Windows <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>
For the ODD, insert the windows disk, hit F12 and try to boot from that CD, if it works, it might be just a software issue.
Tesla1856
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August 24th, 2012 13:00
In that document, Link to file is not working.
DELL-Chris M
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August 24th, 2012 15:00
It worked for me? Here is the long version of it:
support.dell.com/.../document
Tesla1856
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August 24th, 2012 15:00
The doc works, but when you click to download the file, it says ...
unavailable. Please try again later.
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August 24th, 2012 16:00
The only hyperlink I see is the ISO itself? Here is the ISO.
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August 27th, 2012 10:00
Sorry about that Tesla, I thought it was working fine, but anyway, the important thing about that article is the steps on how to flash the BIOS, and the BIOS can be found on support.dell.com, you can download it from there.
nickyczrawr
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August 27th, 2012 20:00
forum.notebookreview.com/.../549258-m15x-bios-a09-discussion-thread.html
this thread actually helped me to do the USB version of A09 bios for the m15x :))) hope it helps an if he asks you to go to another link to fix another problem (Total it took me 3 different things just to get this to work) :C but it does work! so enjoy