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BIOS 1.1.7 bug on XPS 13 (9350)
Hello,
The latest BIOS 1.1.7 on the XPS 13 (9350) which does increase battery life for Windows users does not do so for Linux users due to the NVME SSD not being allowed to enter sleep modes.
At boot, many error messages coming from ACPI arise ( see http://pastebin.com/8E6iXKMM ), here are a few :
[ 0.155273] ACPI FADT declares the system doesn't support PCIe ASPM, so disable it
[ 0.185298] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.203571] ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, While evaluating Sleep State [\_S1_] (20150930/hwxface-580)
[ 0.203580] ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, While evaluating Sleep State [\_S2_] (20150930/hwxface-580)
[ 0.850917] acpi PNP0C0B:00: Failed to change power state to D0
[ 0.870806] acpi PNP0C0B:00: Cannot transition from (unknown) to D3hot
From the looks at Arch Linux forums and reddit /r/Dell it seems like Linux users have not benefited from the last BIOS upgrade. My system also boots every other time and otherwise ends up with a black screen.
Any further BIOS updates we can expect to resolve these issues?
Many thanks!
zetxx
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December 22nd, 2015 07:00
more info about 1.1.7 buggy bios bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi
friimaind
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December 17th, 2015 02:00
Ubuntu 15.10 user here, same problem of beardeduncle.
XPS 9350 256GB 8GB FHD with 1.1.7 Bios in idle had an average power consumption of 5W / 7W (on idle, with tlp, i reached a 4.5W) but this is not acceptable compared to Windows.
negabiggs
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December 18th, 2015 09:00
I am getting the error with Windows 10 as well, stating ASPM is disabled due to incompatibility with hardware.
Dell XPS 9350 FHD i5
BIOS 1.1.7
Samsung 950 PRO SSD 256GB
My battery life is severely impacted, and I suspect this is probably one of the issues.
avstehn
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December 27th, 2015 20:00
I have an XPS 13 (9343), 8GB FHD i3, and I am getting the error with Windows 10 too (ASPM is disabled due to incompatibility with hardware). I have the latest BIOS (A07).
friimaind
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December 29th, 2015 03:00
@beardeduncle Just out of curiosity: what distro are you using? What kernel? Do you have some particular modules loaded on boot?
beardeduncle
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December 29th, 2015 16:00
Using Ubuntu 15.10 with i915 and nvme modules compiled into kernel 4.4 rc4.
beardeduncle
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December 29th, 2015 16:00
In the link that zetxx provided this is the latest diagnosis :
"SB_.PCI0.LPCB.H_EC.ECAV should not be defined in any dynamic SSDT tables.
So this is a BIOS bug to me."
Is there any way a Dell employee could forward this to the team developing the XPS 13 9350 BIOS?
friimaind
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January 12th, 2016 23:00
Dell released BIOS 1.1.9:
http://www.dell.com/support/home/my/en/mydhs1/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=376N9&fileId=3508862832&osCode=WT64A&productCode=xps-13-9350-laptop&languageCode=EN&categoryId=BI
unfortunately there's no changelog, maybe it helps (now i'm going to work and I cannot test it).
rjohnsondev
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January 14th, 2016 15:00
Unfortunately the issue from https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109511 still exists in 1.1.9
I believe the community would be interested in helping to fix if Dell were happy to provide the source ACPI DSL...
rjohnsondev
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January 30th, 2016 20:00
This issue continues to exist in BIOS version 1.2.3
rjohnsondev
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July 10th, 2016 16:00
It appears this is resolved in 1.4.4!
Many thanks to the Dell engineers.
friimaind
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July 11th, 2016 03:00
Thanks, I will try to install it on my XPS. Did you see any improvements on battery life?
sangemaru
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November 9th, 2016 07:00
I still have this bug in Windows 10 even with 1.4.4