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    A8 with SATA3 fix

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by doniGforce, Jun 23, 2012.

  1. doniGforce

    doniGforce Notebook Geek

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    So because I have the GF116 graphics card I couldn't run the A5 bios for sata3 speeds with my Samsung 830ssd. I downloaded this bios a8 and now it's working SATA3 stable (noticable speed change :) ). haven't had time to test cold boots but I'll be back tomorrow.

    here's a quick benchmark:
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