Alienware m15 and m17 R2 System BIOS

Restart required

Do not turn off your computer or disconnect from the power source while updating the BIOS as this could harm your computer. During the update, your computer will restart and you may briefly see a black screen.

Before updating, please read the installation instructions and important information noted below.

Driver Id : KVG5W

Importance : Recommended

Version : 1.2.0, 1.2.0 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version

Release Date : 08 Aug 2019

Download Type : System BIOS

Category : BIOS

This package contains the Dell system BIOS update. BIOS is a firmware that is embedded on a small memory chip on the system board. It controls the keyboard, monitor, disk drives, and other devices.

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File Format: This file format consists of a BIOS executable file. The Universal (Windows/MS DOS) format can be used to install from any Windows or MS DOS environment.

File Name: Alienware_m15_R2_m17_R2_1.2.0.EXE

File size: 7.96 MB

To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.

MD5: 1cff3273375b224026874a308fc31ff4

SHA1: 903050751430573503b5bf5193c129dddc92fe13

SHA-256: 94125ba9175a9d91014bf98fb6627d96cbd2b528e92ba5b337640dba2b04d54e

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Installation instructions

Updating the BIOS from Windows

Note 1: Before updating the BIOS, ensure that you suspend BitLocker encryption on a BitLocker-enabled system. If BitLocker is not enabled on your system, you can ignore this step.
Note 2: Do not turn off power or interrupt the BIOS update process during the update.

1. Click Download File, to download the file.
2. Click Save to save the file to your hard drive
3. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file.
The system restarts automatically and updates the BIOS at the system startup screen. After the BIOS update is complete, system restarts again.

Alienware m15 and m17 R2 System BIOS

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