The details are Dell Confidential. Even if they told me (which they do not) I could not tell you. I am surprised engineering even released what they did.
Hmmm the standard down load unzips to my hard drive but no update tool launches the bios update.
I tried running it off of a flash drive through command prompt and get an error saying the program is not compatable with my version of windows (7 64bit)
So now I just tried the M15XA09.iso booting from a CD it updated WDC something but not the bios as it still showed A08
Now won't boot to windows ;-7
Have to wait till I get home to run the startup repair.
I like the way they did the a08 release where it created a bootable flash drive. I followed the instructions and get icompatible with 64 bit version of windows.
Hi Chris just tried the M11xR2 update in windows and it tells me it's incompatible with 64 bit windows?! I didn't realise this laptop came in any other OS flavours...is the BIOS update screwy or is it something I did?
Compatibility = Alienware Laptop M11xR2 Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
* You downloaded R289597.exe to your Windows desktop * It extracts to its own folder (C:\dell\drivers\R289597) * Open the folder * You then double-click Win_M11xr2a04.exe
dcluck
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January 20th, 2011 16:00
Chris,
Could you have someone translate what the M11xR2 A04 BIOS update is fixing?
Modify GPIO setting to correct DRAM reset is somewhat vague.
Thanks!
DELL-Chris M
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January 21st, 2011 08:00
The details are Dell Confidential. Even if they told me (which they do not) I could not tell you. I am surprised engineering even released what they did.
jd636
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January 21st, 2011 15:00
Hmmm the standard down load unzips to my hard drive but no update tool launches the bios update.
I tried running it off of a flash drive through command prompt and get an error saying the program is not compatable with my version of windows (7 64bit)
So now I just tried the M15XA09.iso booting from a CD it updated WDC something but not the bios as it still showed A08
Now won't boot to windows ;-7
Have to wait till I get home to run the startup repair.
jd636
148 Posts
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January 21st, 2011 16:00
Got it A09 and EC 1.18
jd636
148 Posts
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January 21st, 2011 16:00
w00t windows now boots but bios still at A08. anyone else having a problem?
rich000
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January 21st, 2011 21:00
I like the way they did the a08 release where it created a bootable flash drive. I followed the instructions and get icompatible with 64 bit version of windows.
paulchinnz
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January 24th, 2011 23:00
Hi Chris just tried the M11xR2 update in windows and it tells me it's incompatible with 64 bit windows?! I didn't realise this laptop came in any other OS flavours...is the BIOS update screwy or is it something I did?
DELL-Chris M
Community Manager
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January 25th, 2011 06:00
Compatibility =
Alienware Laptop M11xR2
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
* You downloaded R289597.exe to your Windows desktop
* It extracts to its own folder (C:\dell\drivers\R289597)
* Open the folder
* You then double-click Win_M11xr2a04.exe
paulchinnz
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January 25th, 2011 23:00
My bad tried opening the other executable file. Works fine (although the fans going full throttle during the installation is a bit alarming!)