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July 31st, 2015 18:00

PSA: A05 BIOS for XPS 13 (9343) does not (was: appears to) fix keyboard repeat issue

Edit - no, unfortunately, it does not.

  • relevant

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    Posted August 2nd, 2015 21:00

    Interesting. How did you find out about this Bios update? I would like to be notified of future updates.

  • cloph

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    Posted August 6th, 2015 04:00

    doesn't solve the repeat-problem for me though -still get double-space rather frequently :-/

  • aterreno

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    Posted August 6th, 2015 13:00

    I've just noticed the  new version, how to update?

    Can you  please share the link? 

    I must have followed  some procedure cos mine  shipped with 03 but now I can't remember :(

  • cloph

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    Posted August 6th, 2015 15:00

    Basic link - pick bios

    http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/xps-13-9343-laptop/drivers/advanced?rvps=y

    maybe direct link also works (links to details page of A05 bios - might not be a permalink...):

    http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=YMRTD&fileId=3475161158&osCode=WB64A&productCode=xps-13-9343-laptop&languageCode=EN&categoryId=BI

    to update, put on a fat partition that the UEFI bios can access or onto a fat-formatted USB-stick. During bootup, press F12 and select the bios flash option. Then just browse tot he file and follow the dialog.

    You must be on AC power, or otherwise it won't allow you to proceed with flashing the bios.

  • aterreno

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    Posted August 6th, 2015 23:00

    Thanks, 

    just flashed it, the direct link to the page is this one:

    http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverID=YMRTD

    λ ~/ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version

    A05

    Keyboard seems a bit better... Typing this as fast as I can and not too many double spaces... 

    But still some though, *** you dell!

  • mcemce

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    Posted August 8th, 2015 15:00

    Yeah, after a few days of use, I'm noticing double keyed letters still.  It's weird because I tried to reproduce it shortly after flashing, but was totally unable to.  It's almost like the problem reverted.  Bummer.

  • relevant

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    Posted August 9th, 2015 00:00

    But if I understand correctly, at least the situation is much better?

  • cloph

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    Posted August 9th, 2015 05:00

    Yeah, a little  better, but still duplicated spaces are a frequent sighting, depending  on the way you type  you  see it more often or not. Just look at the previous sentence: 4 double-space occurences.

    So it is far from "much better", but  at least also  not  worse. As long at it is limited to space, it is a real annoyance, but one I can  cope with for the moment.

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    Posted August 9th, 2015 17:00

    OK good to know. Well if it improved a little, that is hope that A06 will improve it anymore. I am a little worried that bios improvements aren't even capable of completely fixing it (e.g. the problem is in the hardware, not the firmware).

  • egikow

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    Posted October 28th, 2015 13:00

    Still haven't seen a fix to this. It is insanely annoying. If I need my computer to do one thing, it is to type quickly without having to Find and Replace double spaces and characters! Dell, how is there not a fix to this yet?