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A03 Bios in I8600?

post #1 of 7
1/21/04 at 7:46am
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Anybody install this and can share experience?

My I8600 currently is running with the A02 and have had no problems. But after reading that the A03 adds support for newer video cards, it had me thinking.
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post #2 of 7
1/21/04 at 2:12pm
Its not needed but wouldnt hurt to update
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post #3 of 7
1/22/04 at 1:02pm
What exactly does it do? My 8600 with the Radeon 9600 shipped with the a02 bios as well. When I read on Dell's site that the new bios supports newer video cards I wondered what cards they were talking about. Anyone have any ideas?
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post #4 of 7
1/22/04 at 3:03pm
hard to say. All non refurbed ship with the A02 bios from what i know.
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post #5 of 7
1/22/04 at 3:16pm
Updated mine to AO3 no problems at all, runs fine ...Mine shipped with just the AO1 installed but I like to keep all things current flashed with out any problems .... (Owned since mid November ZERO problems or crashes)
SPECS 8600 1.7
128NVIDIA 5650 FXGO
768MB 333DDR
60 GIG HD
15.4 WSXGA+ (Samsung)
4XDVD+RW
2100 Wireless
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post #6 of 7
1/23/04 at 9:33pm
I updated to the A03 bios 2 months back & saw no benchmark differences or any other changes (had the A01 bios too). It would nice to see Dell provide a list of changes with these new bios so we can check to see if they help boost or fix something.
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post #7 of 7
1/24/04 at 7:29am
I think they just have changed what temperatures the fans will kick in at...
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