Aurora R4 Overclocking options blocked when upgrading from Bios A05 to Bios A06

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I have an Aurora R4 with i7 3930K @3.2 and Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I have just updated my Bios from A05 version to A06 version and after entering the new Bios I noticed that Overclocking is no more possible because all multipliers are locked! With A05 version I was running my i7 3930K @4.5 in all 6 cores and I bought an expensive cooling rig on my own in order to do that! Now I can't do that anymore! How does Dell dare to block the overclocking feature on our systems without any announcement? In the 'Fixes & Enhancements' section of the A06 Bios Update (here) Dell only says 'Windows 8 Supported BIOS' but it doesn't say 'This Bios Version will block your overclocking features'!!! In the Aurora R4 website (here) I can read: 'the Aurora enables an unlocked BIOS for custom'. This was one of the reasons I bought my Aurora R4 and now Dell blocks this feature? It's not fair, it's not correct from Dell! I work with my PC and I need high CPU frequencies in all 6 cores. I have never heard of a Bios Update from any IT company that prevents users from overclock anymore! That's our choice, it's our money! Dell plays with our money? I will never buy an Alienware Desktop again in the future, I am really disappointed with Dell 'despotic' manners: without any notice, without any announcement they prevent you from overclocking anymore. I have also tried to roll back to A05 and A03 versions but it does not work and A06 Bios version still remains. Any solutions?

DELL-Chris M · Answer

andie82,

We apologize for the loss of manual overclock settings with the installation of Bios A06 on the Aurora-R4. We are working on Bios A07 which will correct this oversight. We do not have an ETA on the release. You cannot "downgrade" the Bios to A05 once you loaded A06. For now, please use the automatic Overclock Load Level 1 & 2.

andie82 · Answer

Ok Chris, thank you very much for your reply. I hope Bios A07 will be released soon.

DELL-Chris M · Answer

me too...

In_Finite · Answer

I've loaded A07 from A05 on an R4 and receive a BSOD every day.  Never the same bugcheck either. 0a, d1, deaddead The least one is a bugcheck that should never occur, but it has happened 3 times -Dan

NataliaatAW · Answer

Hi In_Finite, Run Windows updates, and update the Chipset driver, Video driver and the Network driver (all device drivers if possible) What's the model of your system?

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