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Precision Tower 7910 Bios Update
I am on Bios A09 on my Precision Tower 7910. I see A12 is released. Anyone update?
A month ago, A10 was available for a day and they pulled it. I did download it, but did not install it. They never posted A11, but now have A12 listed as recommended. A11 is listed as previous versions, but A10 is not. So I assume A12 has the fixes in A10, A11, and A12. Just wondering if I should go from A09 to A12.
My System has Dual Intel Xeon Processor E5-2630 v3 (8C HT, 20MB Cache, 2.4 GHz Turbo).
A11 notes Fixes & Enhancements
- Enhanced the Memory Mapped IO to automatically map the correct amount of Memory for PCI devices depending on the user configuration, thus the previous setup option for Small and Large has been removed.
- Removed the Fastboot setup option.
A12 notes Fixes & Enhancements:
- Adds support for Broadwell (v4) CPUs
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April 18th, 2016 09:00
I only install a systems bios update to address a specific issue I may be facing. Are you currently having issues with this desktop?
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April 21st, 2016 04:00
No specific issue. I want to stay update to date.
I am running win 10 and sometimes I do not get clean restarts (just hangs), but assume that is not a bios issue. Happens on my 7710 too.
A12 may not do anything for since my processors are v3 and not the new v4, but I assume the fixes in A11 might be beneficial.
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April 21st, 2016 06:00
Your call. I have seen many post from users who started a bios update, then it got interrupted (for whatever reason). The end result was the CMOS chip became corrupted and they had to buy a replacement motherboard.
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April 21st, 2016 06:00
Thanks. Two different pro support reps recommended to update. I will probably hold off for now though.