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September 25th, 2006 00:00

inspiron 9300 updates

I've had this 9300 for over a year now and have not applied any of the dell updates... I still have Bios A01 and I see it's up to A05. What experiences have any of you had in updating the bios? Is it worth it? I don't know what I'll gain by updating to A05. So far, the computer has been great... However, today for the very first time I got the BSOD... I'm thinking some driver or something needs to be updated. I hate to fix what's not broken... but I would like to improve performance and hopefully put to rest this BSOD business. Any recommendations out there?
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    Posted September 25th, 2006 02:00

    i doubt the BSOD was related to the bios -- usually those are driver related or (more rarely) indicate failing hardware.  there are a number of fixes contained in A02 through A05.  most of them probably won't matter to you.  the most important one for you likely deals with better battery charging.
     
    if you under warranty I'd say definitely upgrade.  if you're not under warranty, I would personally still do the upgrade but as there is a small risk of failure, it's worth thinking about a bit more.

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