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m11x bios update freeze
I got my new motherboard in my m11x. my bio is X07, i am trying to update it to ao4 (latest) but it freezes my whole system and just stays on initializing. I cant even power it down with power button. i have to pull bottom cover off and unplug battery or let the battery die. Is this a faulty board ? or do i just let it sit on that screen over night? i only left it for like 10-20 min till i pulled the battery. Thanks ! this mobo has no service tag btw it asks for one in bios.
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June 16th, 2016 07:00
Hi,
Do you happen to know what version of M11X is it? R1, R2 or R3? Are you sure you’re installing the BIOS for the right M11X version?
Is that the original Motherboard, or was it replaced? Because every motherboard should have the computer’s Service Tag attached to it.
You can try doing a power drain. To perform a power drain, follow the steps below.
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June 16th, 2016 15:00
My other account wont sign me in so this was a account i had a while back..same person tho...its a r2 i5-520um. Can you provide me a link to a bio download or a older bios? i was grabbing it off dell support m11x r2. It freezes when i open the program and it says do not turn off computer. not sure what to do.. i let it sit for a couple hours and nothing.. ill give what you told me a try
Jordans_Dell
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June 16th, 2016 15:00
Still wont work after the power drain. I replaced the motherboard so it has no service tag. Bios says product name: NAP10 , bio ver: X07. 90w charger if that means anything
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June 17th, 2016 09:00
This is the link for the latest BIOS version. In case that does not work you can try reseating the coin cell battery and retrying the update. If that still does not fix it, then maybe the motherboard is not compatible with the unit.
Jordans_Dell
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June 17th, 2016 09:00
Okay I'll try from that link and when you say reseat the clock battery do you mean as in unplugging and plugging back in?
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June 17th, 2016 10:00
Correct.
Jordans_Dell
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June 17th, 2016 11:00
I just tried that and it still freezes when I extracted the file it says m11x--.exe cannot be opened contact system administrator for a 64bit version
Jordans_Dell
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June 17th, 2016 14:00
I figured out the problem .. My replacement motherboard , the bios says model name: NAP10 which it should actually be M11x R2. I tried flashing in DOS but it says the names do not match. How can I edit my current bios model name ? Is there any programs to do such? Or a program to edit the updated bios name to NAP10?
Jordans_Dell
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June 17th, 2016 15:00
Well do you guys have a admin tool to edit the bios model name ? Or a tool to flash a bios without a matching model #?
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June 17th, 2016 15:00
Not that we know of. If the BIOS itself does not read the right system model then maybe it is just not compatible with it, therefor it will not accept the BIOS update.
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June 20th, 2016 07:00
As far as we know, we don’t have such tool.