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July 4th, 2017 09:00

Fooling Aliens, My Understanding and CC 3.6 on Non-Dell Board

Hello fellow Aliens,

I have a curious question about Command Center 3.6.

It is said that for those who doesn't use Alienware mobo, you'll need to use 2.08XXX as the newer ones do not work.

Therefore after reading posts, I have devised a plan to fool Alienware CC.

In this thread, How to Install Command Center for a Non-Alienware Motherboard | Alienware Owners Forum  , one reader went into problem in that he couldn't enter Windows.

According to the post on the link and the comparison between the failure and the guide, my understanding says one should:

1. Export a copy of original Alienware BIOS Registry Entries and save their non Dell original BIOS Registry copy.

2. Download but do not Install CC yet.

3. Replace their registry entries with an Alien clone.

4. Install CC (Do not trigger system restart).

5. Restore the original BIOS registry.

6. Reboot system

Now, do I miss any steps in here? If so, please correct me as I will appreciate that a lot.

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*Also, is resetting the MIO via jumper when installing a new mobo necessary?

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Can I manually modify the BIOS keys? Instead of looking for an elusive copy of Aurora R4 BIOS.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS]
"BiosMajorRelease"=dword:00000008
"BiosMinorRelease"=dword:0000000f
"ECFirmwareMajorRelease"=dword:000000ff
"ECFirmwareMinorRelease"=dword:000000ff
"BaseBoardManufacturer"="Alienware"
"BaseBoardProduct"="0XDJ4C"
"BaseBoardVersion"="A03"
"BIOSReleaseDate"="04/27/2010"
"BIOSVendor"="Alienware"
"BIOSVersion"="A11"
"SystemFamily"="0"
"SystemManufacturer"="Alienware"
"SystemProductName"="Area 51"
"SystemSKU"="0"
"SystemVersion"="00"














I plan to manually change the blue ones to Alienware-related things while leaving the red ones intact. Does this work?

Alien Sample

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Finally, if I am correct, does anyone have a copy of Aurora R4 Registry keys?
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If this post is a duplicate, I apologize. I prefer to have a short post in order to lessen amount of information I need to administrate.

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December 9th, 2017 19:00

I was able to trick command centre 3.6 with my MSI alienware R4 with this

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS]

"BiosMajorRelease"=dword:00000008

"BiosMinorRelease"=dword:0000000f

"ECFirmwareMajorRelease"=dword:000000ff

"ECFirmwareMinorRelease"=dword:000000ff

"BaseBoardManufacturer"="Alienware"

"BaseBoardProduct"="0FPV4P"

"BaseBoardVersion"="A03"

"BIOSReleaseDate"="04/27/2010"

"BIOSVendor"="Alienware"

"BIOSVersion"="A11"

"SystemFamily"="0"

"SystemManufacturer"="Alienware"

"SystemProductName"="Aurora R4"

"SystemSKU"="0"

"SystemVersion"="00"

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December 11th, 2017 06:00

Thanks dude. I have done so too along time ago. Copy an alienware registry, install the CC and restore the original registry. Do not restart your computer.

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