Alienware M18XR2 System BIOS

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 : 6XM79

Importance : Critical

Version : X49, A13 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version

Release Date : 02 Apr 2018

Download Type : System BIOS

Category : BIOS

This package provides the Dell system BIOS update. BIOS is a firmware package 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: M18xR2A13WIN.exe

File size: 4.46 MB

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

MD5: 8390865b071fa034ccb57f7ead46a4ea

SHA1: 2ae0f2f4ef5bee8cc5bc9a378849efb25379d458

SHA-256: 12147b0b1a304988b3c3dbdc73b3b24a934b13ac7de679f8eec02162bf46719d

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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. For information about how to disable BitLocker, see How to Enable or Disable BitLocker with TPM in Windows at support.dell.com.
Note 2: Do not turn off power or interrupt the BIOS update process during the update.

Download and Installation
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
4. 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 M18XR2 System BIOS

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