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    Dell Bios Update Email XPS 1645 ( Anyone else get this? )

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by mystycs, Apr 14, 2011.

  1. mystycs

    mystycs Notebook Evangelist

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    I just got an email today in 10 different languages from dell saying;




    Did anyone else get this? Im assuming its a mass email.
     
    mystycs, Apr 14, 2011
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    I got this email too...
     
    kevinkc, Apr 14, 2011
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    Seems interesting, the dell website says all it does is solve Lojack compatibility lol
     
    mystycs, Apr 14, 2011
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    Ye..and throttle your GPU at 84c
     
    DuranXL, Apr 14, 2011
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    Today I got a pop-up from the Dell Support Center saying to download the update. It's almost certainly related to the following issue, but it doesn't entirely fix the issue described:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/del...confirmed-security-threat-all-xps-1645-a.html
    SECURITY ISSUE Dell Studio XPS 1645 - Laptop General Hardware Forum - Laptop - Dell Community (even got Dell response)

    I tried A13 out a few days ago, and yes, it does have the same throttling problems as A10, A11, and A12, so I reverted back to A09.
     
    gpig, Apr 14, 2011
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    I also got the email, but had already updated to A13 earlier. I had been running A12 (haven't had throttling in games even with the 84C limit), so it was a no brainer for me.
     
    RacingGun, Apr 14, 2011
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