Just FYI,

The new bios notes say it adds a new processor (in other words, it will recognise the 3.2HT I would guess.)
And a new bios for the Geoforce chip..
I loaded it on, and the first thing I noticed is that it reduced the clock speed of the geforceFX by 10mhz and its memory by about 25mhz.

I immediatly used the registry key to add the clock setting sliders so I could put it back where it was..
The graphic 3d performance was bad already, with the new default clock settings, its totally abysmal..

Don't load it unless you plan to upgrade your processor or you are having display issues with your geforce.
(BTW, has anyone else noticed that the ATI 9000 is not an option for the 5150 on dells site anymore?
the only options now are 32 or 63 mb geforce FX.)


rgds

Franki

Hi,

I also noticed the switch from ATI to geForce.  Luckly, I purchased mine with the ATI 9000 before they quit including them with the 5150.

I hope that its not a sign of a disagreement between Dell and ATI, cos I was hoping that they would end up with a 9600 on there at some stage... :-)

I wish to god I had not "upgraded" to the 5200FX..

rgds

Franki

Any idea what happens if you run either 24 or 25 on a system with the ATI card. I assume it just ignores the vid card part....

Hi,

I've found that the A25 bios works pretty good with the 5150 ATI 9000 card.  I had problems with the A24 version.  So if your planning on upgrading the bios, make sure you upgrade to A25.  A24 makes the video act really jittery.

the option has disappeared for HT

Can anyone tell me if A25:

1. Supports boot from USB hard drive, or at least recognizes same at boot/DOS level
2. Provides manual IO port/IRQ assignment for SigmaTel audio to support legacy Soundblaster compatible applications

Currently running A03 without problems, and reluctant to update if no real benefit.  Using ATI Radeon 9000, so graphics is apparently a non-issue.

Thanks.

Message Edited by dspman on 10-17-2003 05:11 PM

Hi Yoda,

I am dual booting winXP with linux..

As for the driver, I swapped to the detonator 52.13 driver and mobilenvidia's inf file (see his posts on the forum).

His inf gives you every option possible for your card.. the clock sliders are just one of them.

If you'd prefer to keep your existing driver, do a google search for "coolbits registry tweak" and download that, its just a tiny reg file that contains the key to give you your clock sliders.


hope that helps

regards

Franki

Frankieh,

What operating system do you have and what did you modify in the reg key to get the clock sliders so you could change the clocks back on the geforceFX.

 

 

i'm sorry, but where can i download the A25 bios?

Not A25 anymore.. we're up to A29....

and you can get it from here:

http://docs.us.dell.com/FileLib/Type.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&Category=0&OS=WW1&OSL=EN&SvcTag=&SysID=INS_PNT_P4_5150&DeviceID=5015

regards

Franki

i tried updating to that bios but it says its not compatible with my system and i can't press ok

Thats interesting..

I have a inspiron 5150 3.06 gig non HT, and I've been running A29 bios for ages now...

Don't know what to tell you, but you should be able to load it.. there is no division of bios for the 5150, its a case of one bios fits all variations of 5150...

so if it aint loading, you need to find out why..

rgds

Franki

Thanks, i got it to work, where can i get the old pheonix bios to reinstall that?