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January 9th, 2010, 15:30
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We've received a slew of tips this morning that Dell's latest BIOS update for the Alienware M15x (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/cannondales-mind-blowing-simon-electronic-suspension-system-han/) laptop is causing some pretty ugly issues. According to reports this is a different sort of update, run from an application rather than installed separately, and after the first reboot the machine gets to the POST screen then... nothing. Multiple users are complaining of this issue and one claims that Dell is shipping him a new motherboard to fix it. We're still waiting to hear back from Dell to confirm this either way (hello weekend!), and until then we'd advice sticking with your existing version. In the mean time you can feel free to ponder just what the heck is going on (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/dell-releases-bevy-of-firmware-updates-to-fix-most-of-what-ails/) at Dell's QA department.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]BIOS update for Alienware M15x laptops turning them into bug-eyed bricks? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/bios-update-for-alienware-m15x-laptops-turning-them-into-bug-eye/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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We've received a slew of tips this morning that Dell's latest BIOS update for the Alienware M15x (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/cannondales-mind-blowing-simon-electronic-suspension-system-han/) laptop is causing some pretty ugly issues. According to reports this is a different sort of update, run from an application rather than installed separately, and after the first reboot the machine gets to the POST screen then... nothing. Multiple users are complaining of this issue and one claims that Dell is shipping him a new motherboard to fix it. We're still waiting to hear back from Dell to confirm this either way (hello weekend!), and until then we'd advice sticking with your existing version. In the mean time you can feel free to ponder just what the heck is going on (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/dell-releases-bevy-of-firmware-updates-to-fix-most-of-what-ails/) at Dell's QA department.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]BIOS update for Alienware M15x laptops turning them into bug-eyed bricks? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/bios-update-for-alienware-m15x-laptops-turning-them-into-bug-eye/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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