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    M17-R1 Bios Updates Major Problems Please Help

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by nugent73, Aug 2, 2012.

  1. nugent73

    nugent73 Newbie

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    I have just updated the BIOS and I am getting a BSOD as soon as the windows 7 boot screen appears. I cannot get it to stop BSOD Windows repair and Respawn have not helped.
    I tried the bios
    B10
    B13
    B14

    Please Help
     
    nugent73, Aug 2, 2012
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    More information
    I have upgraded to 8GB ram
    and a crucial SSD
    about a year ago and havent had any issues with those
     
    nugent73, Aug 2, 2012
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    By the wat this is the Pre Dell M17
     
    nugent73, Aug 2, 2012
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    protivakid Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you tried flashing back to the bios you were using when it did all work?
     
    protivakid, Aug 3, 2012
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    I was able to figure out a work around. I did a clean fresh boot of the Alienware Recovery disk and it worked great. I think my aftermarket SSD was not running properly with the New BIOS. Since I completed the Recovery the rig sims to be running better than it has in awhile.
    Thank you for the reply
     
    nugent73, Aug 7, 2012
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    marty_hopkirk65 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi can you please post the link to the b14 bios as i need it please.
     
    marty_hopkirk65, Aug 30, 2012
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    marty_hopkirk65 Notebook Enthusiast

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    according to alienware this only took a max of 4gb?
     
    marty_hopkirk65, Aug 30, 2012
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