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Mendomar06
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February 6th, 2025 03:15
Aurora R15, AMD AM5 CPU upgrade
As much as I have struggled with compatability since buying my R15, it seems that Dell/Alienware might be coming around to supporting upgrades.
I spoke with tech support about a GPU issue (that is another story) and I asked if they will be releasing BIOS updates to support the new AMD Processsors as I'd like to upgrade to the new 9950X3D, as of now it seems like yes. I'm hopeful that they actually go through with it, fingers crossed.
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Posted February 6th, 2025 12:58
@redxps630 I hope they don’t practice this…
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Posted February 6th, 2025 15:10
@Mendomar06 They did with the R10, so they might again with the R15. You can check for PSB lock prior to the upgrade, to confirm.
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Posted April 3rd, 2025 11:08
@Mendomar06 @Vanadiel @redxps630
This is great and encouraging news!
But It would be interesting to know how long it will take Dell to release the update…Already tired of my friends' japing that I can't install a good gaming CPU in the top-end PC :-)
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Posted April 4th, 2025 15:51
@Mendomar06 Let me know if you can do it, please. I can't wait for that opportunity :-)
I'm Escape from Tarkov' player, so it's a very CPU-dependent game. The AMD X3D CPU seems to be a gamechanger.0
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Posted May 16th, 2025 05:28
Has anyone successfully upgraded?
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Posted February 6th, 2025 03:28
good to know. it is Aurora 15 AMD.
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Dell may deploy PSB vendor lock of Ryzen cpu booting on oem board. the cpu would not be usable on other non-Dell motherboard.