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dgerard

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June 20th, 2007 20:00

Dell advises all to upgrade their XPS410 BIOS?

The Dell support popup dialog box appeared in the lower right corner of my screen and recommends upgrading my BIOS. Is this a new policy? Whatever happened to "if it isn't broke, don't fix it". This isn't just a video driver or some other simple driver they are advising their customers to do. Do they think J.Q. Public understands the risks?

DELL-Chris M

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June 20th, 2007 20:00

dgerard,

Agreed. Just because a file is new is not grounds to install it. If your PC is running well, leave it alone.

winnieB

1.1K Posts

June 20th, 2007 22:00


dgerard wrote:
The Dell support popup dialog box appeared in the lower right corner of my screen and recommends upgrading my BIOS. Is this a new policy? Whatever happened to "if it isn't broke, don't fix it". This isn't just a video driver or some other simple driver they are advising their customers to do. Do they think J.Q. Public understands the risks?

well than why is the dell support box popping up?
 
Perhaps this is good commenary on the usefulness of the dell software.  This is a good reason why I do not use it.  I doesn't help you and it absorbs cpu cycles.
 
 
 
 
 
 
XPS 410
Pentium C2D E6700 2.66
2 GB @ 667mzh (2 dimms)
Dual 80GB Raptors @ 10,000 RPM in RAID 0 (silenced)
320GB hdd
160GB hdd
NVIDIA 7900GS Zalman VF-900cu
ATI TV Wonder 650 HD
Diamond 24-bit 7.1 surround, w/ dolby digital live
2407 & 2001 monitors
logitech G7 mouse, G15 keyboard

----------------------------------"GAME ON"-------------------------------

chono123

66 Posts

June 21st, 2007 01:00

when did it pop up?  i havent gotten that yet.

winnieB

1.1K Posts

June 21st, 2007 06:00

well I don't get the pop up cus I refuse to use the program, so no problems here.
 

winnieB

1.1K Posts

June 21st, 2007 06:00

woops sorry
 

winnieB

1.1K Posts

June 21st, 2007 06:00

well I don't get the pop up cus I refuse to use the program, so no problems here.
 

KybarsFang

31 Posts

June 21st, 2007 14:00

I just looked it over on support.dell.com and it seems to just add some Media Card Reader functionality. If you're running XP and everyting's fine, you should be okay. If you're running Vista, you probably should update, since recent updates are geared more and more toward better Vista compatability.

stephenaron

37 Posts

June 21st, 2007 16:00

Which Bios are you running now and which one is available to you?

winnieB

1.1K Posts

June 21st, 2007 19:00

the bios is availiable to anyone at dells download driver site.

winnieB

1.1K Posts

June 21st, 2007 20:00

ya, I wouldn't worry about it.  matter of fact, I would get rid of the software too.  It really doesn't help much.  But that is your choice.
 
 
 
 
 
 
XPS 410
Pentium C2D E6700 2.66
2 GB @ 667mzh (2 dimms)
Dual 80GB Raptors @ 10,000 RPM in RAID 0 (silenced)
320GB hdd
160GB hdd
NVIDIA 7900GS Zalman VF-900cu
ATI TV Wonder 650 HD
Diamond 24-bit 7.1 surround, w/ dolby digital live
2407 & 2001 monitors
logitech G7 mouse, G15 keyboard

----------------------------------"GAME ON"-------------------------------

stephenaron

37 Posts

June 21st, 2007 20:00

I know that. Was curious what version he was running, since i updated a while ago and i dont think there is a new one out there.

dgerard

126 Posts

June 21st, 2007 20:00


@stephenaron wrote:
I know that. Was curious what version he was running, since i updated a while ago and i dont think there is a new one out there.


I have 2.3.0 and the Dell support app. recommends I upgrade to 2.4.2. Never saw this recommendation before, even though the 2.4.2 bios was released in April.

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