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XPS 420 Bios A03 Is this Bios Ok, Any Problems?
Hi Guys,
I have the A03 Bios (released on the 7th Jan 08) installed on my computer,
Is this Bios Ok, Do you think I should install A04 (released on 8th April 08)
Has anyone had any problems with the A03 Bios (or is it Ok)?
Your Thoughts are Much Appreciared,
Thank You
Dell XPS420
2.4GHz 1066MHz Q6600
4GB (4x1GB) DDR2 800MHz SDRAM
750Gb SATA (first HDD)
500GB SATA (second HDD)
768MB NVIDIA 8800GTX Video Card
Windows Vista Ultimate
1.44MB Floppy Drive
19-in-1 Hi speed Media Reader with Bluetooth 2.0
Dual Drives 16x DVD-Rom +16x DVD+/RW
@LUUEEIIE wrote:
I have had no problems with my 420 since I bought it in Dec. 07 without installing any updates.
Updates are annoying.
Hello LUUEEIIE, I agree with you, updates are annoying. But some of them are a
necessary annoyance. Such was the case for the A04 BIOS update and the Intel
chipset update. Dell classified the A04 BIOS update in the "URGENT" category.
My system would not operate as it should without these updates. I understand
that even though all the Dell XPS 420 system are presumed to be the same, they may infact,
not all operate the same, and may be able to be used without the suggested updates. Your system apparently is one that has no issues, and that is good. Others seem to have issues
that updates address, and for them, those updates that work as they should, are good.
Thanks for your input. This is very helpful.
Message Edited by Boyd B on 05-30-2008 10:35 AMtolstoy143
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I on the other hand have had nothing but problems since going to A04 that I did not have with A03. For example I could not install any OS unless I set the BIOS to defaults. I had no problem making a RAID0 with A03 but Boyd did.
Boyd B
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Posted May 29th, 2008 23:00