AW13 R2 BIOS A07 / AW15 R2 & AW17 R3 BIOS 1.2.8

AW13 R2 BIOS A07 and AW15 R2 & AW17 R3 BIOS 1.2.8
Fixes & Enhancements
[BIOS]
-Update ePSA 4300.21
-Set Standard Charge as setup menu default
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Side note: Alienware needs to keep one BIOS code name for the 13 R2. They keep going back and forth with 1.X.X and A0X (though they have 1.2.8 as the file name, so I don't know).

 

So they finally realized xpress charge reduces battery life, now they set it to standard charge.. and any update on alienware 15 R1 bios, its been stuck with A06 for quite sometime with bad MEI firmwares and fan table, sep 2015 was the last update...

 

Even after I flashed mine Quick was still selected in the BIOS. I had to set it to Standard.

 

better u run it at standard my 3 months old R1 got 13% wear level.. damn those dell bios..

 

Very doubtful the first revisions (second for the 17) will be getting an updated BIOS anytime soon.

 

thats sad.. hope atleast they release in near future, atleast fixing fan tables and some VIDs..

 

After this I cant seem to clock over 3.6GHz again

 

Can you flash to an older BIOS to see if you can again?

 

I can in a couple of hours, I have a few things I need to get done first.

 

If you have a 950 Pro NVME drive I would not update to this bios. It cripples the speeds according to Samsung Magician. Flashed back to 1.2.7 and back to normal.

 

Magician is known to basically be useless.

 

Just going to copy-paste this from the 13's owner's lounge. @Alienware-L_Porras, if you could please forward this to the engineering team, that would be great.
"In BIOS 1.2.7 and 1.2.8 (A07), the keyboard, after the laptop is put in sleep, cannot "rapid fire" keys that are held down. BIOS 1.2.0, however, doesn't have this problem. Not sure if 1.2.2, the version my laptop shipped with, has the problem too. Probably a good idea for someone to check.
The only way I know of to restore the rapid fire is plugging in a USB device."
EDIT: Never mind. BIOS 1.2.0 is also affected by the slow repeat rate after sleep.

 

Seems in the graphics amp thread someone just posted that in 1.2.7 and 1.2.8 the scores are lower than older bios. Guess it's time to revert.

 

I feel like its a stupid question but ill ask anyway. I have an AW 17 R2 is this new bios compatible ?

 

No it isnt. A06 for the AW15R1/AW17R2 is the latest for your model.

 

Thats unfortunate as of recently im experiencing heavy fps drops for a second or so while playing any game and after that the fps never recovers fully. For example while playing dota 2 the game starts at 110 fps after some time it drops to 30 for a sec and then it goes back up to 90 after another 20 mins or so it drops to 30 again and then goes back up to 70.

From what I observed so far the laptop stops charging for this second when the fps is low ( the power button "skull" turns yellow). So i was hoping a new bios might fix it but....

 

WHat are your specs and powersupply in use?

 

Ah yes I should have mentioned that . its i7 -4710 and 980m with 240w psu (which "surprisingly" didnt solve much) . with windows 10

 

When it happens, does the blue light on the power plug go off?

 

No, but the laptop stops charging

 

Very strange, sounds like a real issue to be honest.