Aurora R4 BIOS options missing

loss of OC in Bios A06, supposed to be restored in A07 / 09 / 10 & 11

Danger

A07 >< A09

attempt a backflash & your motherboard will probably brick with 'permanent damage'

I do not know if u can backflash / downgrade once A11 is applied, however a bootable USB in DOS is best; do not attempt to flash using Windows or a bricking may be your reward, you've been warned

Aurora R4 - How can I downgrade BIOS?

The Dell Knowledge Base indicates that downgrading the BIOS is an "allowable" action, and only requires one to run the executable (or create a bootable disk). So if it comes to that, I'm fine with it.

However, although my system had A09 installed at the factory, I seem to remember the options were still there after I updated to A11. Am I misremembering?

Any official Dell position on the issue of mission BIOS options in A11?

So no one else is seeing this issue? No one from Dell has an opinion or suggestion on what to do?

I needed a Saturday to finally inspect & photo my A11; again, my A11 was installed when I purchased this; it occurred to me A11 may have been updated last July29 in prep for Win10; I visited A11 & note it is unchanged since its release in 2013, where my code 'should' be the same as yours & theirs

These Bios settings are without an overclock applied at the moment while my manual settings do reside in my A11, in stark contrast to yours I'm afraid to say.

Sir. I do not know how to help you recover your manual settings in the Power Management Menu. I would invite you to post on AlienArena & please visit the Tech|Inferno forum & also their Alien sub-forum (even if it is a laptop section) where you're likely to run into a Bios expert or two willing to offer help or someone there can direct you to their resident expert; it may be possible for them to inspect A11 & see if manual settings are 'unlocked' in the Dell.com A11 version you flashed with; if they are there or are removed, you may get an answer & I hope you do. Since I did not flash with their A11 I can not say why mine is here & yours is not. I do feel I've helped provide an answer of sorts but can not help any further in this matter, other than to say, load default values, apply a LVL1 OC, reboot, inspect bios, if no manual, then revert to default, reboot, inspect for manual, if no good, apply LVL2 & repeat until your Bios does or does not display manual settings

Danger: it is possible that a portion of your Bios Chip is corrupt & a re-flash may help; however the R4 in particular is prone to bricking at a rate that I do not recommend flashing it again, not unless you are on the phone with Tech Support & they are guiding you through the flash & can offer help or replacement if it bricks

Last, in the event of a brick: Aurora R4 Bios Bricked. Need Help flashing

I messaged Zog to follow-up on this post but he experienced a setback in life & will attempt to respond to this post when able; he can be friend requested & messaged, but the thread itself has no email notify (u might post in that thread & he may not see it etc). Last, there are Bios chip sold through eBay for R4, where an expert might take a bricked chip & solder on a new one. I say this, since forum members reading this post have bricking info at the same time I'm aware you may not need it

Part numbers for the R4 board - in the event of a brick - 7JNH0 & FPV4P

also try these:

The Aurora-R4 shipped with two motherboards. 8FMMC Motherboard for Ivybridge E i7-4820K, i7-4930K, i7-4960X C5D9P Motherboard for Sandybridge i3-2120, i7-3820, i7-3930K, i7-3960

What motherboard do I have?

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edit: here is Chuck's screen Sept 10 2016

this makes me think a portion of your Bios chip is corrupt

needs another firmware flash to write the full code in?

Thanks for checking, Cass-ole. I appreciate it. I'll try the other forums you mentioned.