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    BIOS Differences? Downgrade Possible?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Heatshiver, Jun 14, 2016.

  1. Heatshiver

    Heatshiver Notebook Consultant

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    When I first got my AW17R3 I was on the (now) second-to-latest version. I was able to go into the BIOS and I had RAM settings to enable custom timings, or select XMP1 or XMP2. I need these options for the RAM I am currently using.

    Since I have upgraded to the latest BIOS, I no longer have these RAM settings...

    I have also noticed that someone else had a YouTube video that showed DIMM performance options under the CPU overclocking options. I never saw that in either BIOS...

    Is it possible to downgrade the BIOS to get these options back?
     
    Heatshiver, Jun 14, 2016
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  2. Game7a1

    Game7a1 ?

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    You can downgrade your BIOS to an older version. Plenty of users here have done it.
     
    Game7a1, Jun 14, 2016
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  3. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    That's fine. Whichever BIOS gives you the best results should be fine.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 15, 2016
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