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February 6th, 2009 17:00
Need Help About BIOS Upgrade
I am planning to flash the BIOS of my XPS M1730 from version A03 to version A10. However, I am not sure if it is okay/safe to skip versions A06 and A09. Also, is A10 any better than A09 or A06? Please, I REALLY need somebody's advice on this matter.
Reasons for BIOS upgrade:
- Upgrading to two Momentus 250GB hard drives and run them under RAID 0.
- Planning to try dual-booting (Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit and 64-bit)--I need help on this one as well, but let's just focus on the matter at hand.
- Upgrading to 4GB of RAM.
- Upgrading to X9000 (someday).
- Upgrading to a graphics card beyond 8800M GTX (I am hopeful).
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!:emotion-1:
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Davet50
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Posted February 6th, 2009 19:00
yes you can just go from A03 to A10 with no problems. The previous versions are rolled up into the current.
Looking at your system manual Im not sure you can do all that you list. I do not see any reference to Raid Setups on the system so it is more than likely not supported, Dual booting is possible with a good size harddrive, the ram is ok as 4 is the max for the system, not sure about the processor, and the graphics card I also think is not possible the interface while it specs as PCIexpress it is not the desktop connection. if you go here(click on the card image to enlarge the size) this is a close up of the style that the video card is. Note even though this is dual the single card looks the same.