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    A05 BIOS for m1330??

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by sleey0, Sep 8, 2007.

  1. sleey0

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    Just got my 1330 on 9/6. Anyway, it came with BIOS A05, but the only BIOS on Dell's support site is A02.

    That's a lot of different BIOS versions in only 2 months!

    Anyone got A03 or A04?? Just curious.....
     
    sleey0, Sep 8, 2007
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  2. KevinM

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    I got mine on August 8 and it has the A02 version.
     
    KevinM, Sep 8, 2007
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  3. Khris

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    I got mine on August 8th and it has A02
     
    Khris, Sep 8, 2007
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    Khris, Sep 8, 2007
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    A bios update would be great news for fixing some of the small problems I've noticed. Hopefully A03, A04, or A05 show up soon!
     
    FrontierDriver284, Sep 8, 2007
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    That page is dead...Ide want to try it under X64.
     
    Les, Sep 8, 2007
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    Looks like those are auto generated files as I can put in "28738758383" for the revision and still get a download (which doesn't work).
     
    Khris, Sep 8, 2007
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    I got mine 3 days ago and it's A05.
     
    imzomnia, Sep 8, 2007
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    With all of the other issues that this notebook is reportedly having I wouldn't put it past Dell to have installed the '2' upside down at this point. :rolleyes:

    But jokes aside, here's hoping that this apparent 'A05' revision signifies some real progress. :)
     
    L.Rawlins, Sep 8, 2007
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  10. liquidplasma6

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    A02 for me, 8/8
     
    liquidplasma6, Sep 8, 2007
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    A05 for me, got mine 8/6 shipped 8/2
     
    d94, Sep 8, 2007
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    I got my replacement on 8/28, its A02... Weird considering others shipped well before mine have A05
     
    FrontierDriver284, Sep 9, 2007
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    got mine 4 days ago A05
     
    Fezzik, Sep 9, 2007
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    Can anyone here shed any light on the differences?
     
    L.Rawlins, Sep 9, 2007
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    A02 for me too, received 20th August.
     
    anirbansen, Sep 18, 2007
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    I think those with A05 can generate a backup of their BIOS which can be used for those with A02 to upgrade theirs...
     
    TuxDude, Sep 18, 2007
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    I got mine in September with A05.
     
    darthsat, Sep 18, 2007
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  18. Les

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    Does anyone know where we can download the A05 bio6? I find my battery time less with A06.
     
    Les, Sep 30, 2007
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    My battery time is EXACTLY the same, it's just Vista who seems to count down a bit differently. I've measured this Friday: downloading torrents on battery power (9 cell)

    Took me 4 hours and 53 mins to drain to a full shutdown.
    With my A02 bios it took me 4 hours and 53mins.

    so no difference here
     
    Raphie, Sep 30, 2007
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