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Dell Studio 1555 A09 Bios (May brick your laptop)

post #1 of 15
1/18/10 at 5:40pm
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Hi All,

I just updated my laptop to bios A09 and it froze part the way through the update, needless to say the worst happened and the laptop no longer powers up , after some googling i have found others who have had this problem and have also bricked there laptops.
Please beware when or if you use this update as it could happen to you.
The good news is Dell are picking it up tomorrow and are replacing the motherboard under warranty .
Just be aware!
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post #2 of 15
1/18/10 at 5:43pm
Thanks for the head up Doughy. And this is not the first time that Dell bricks notebooks with their BIOS update. Alienware just got hit last week I believe.

cheers ...
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post #3 of 15
1/18/10 at 5:45pm
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Originally Posted by qhn View Post
Thanks for the head up Doughy. And this is not the first time that Dell bricks notebooks with their BIOS update. Alienware just got hit last week I believe.

cheers ...
No Problem, the guy did ask me why I updated the bios and i said it was because you recommended it on the web site (the truth is i like to be upto date) And he said no problem we'll fix it under warranty. They really ought to test there software packages thoroughly before release.
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post #4 of 15
1/18/10 at 5:49pm
For sure. Pretty bad support and waste of resource due to bad software/firmware update. Hope they learn.

cheers ...
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post #5 of 15
1/18/10 at 10:50pm
Dell just had the same problem with a BIOS update on the AW M15x laptop last week


it bricked 98 % of the users laptops that did it.
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post #6 of 15
1/19/10 at 9:17am
You are still alive with the m17x BIOS update Dave?

cheers ...
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post #7 of 15
1/19/10 at 11:38am
still bugs in it

I hear there is a A04 in the works lol
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post #8 of 15
1/23/10 at 5:28pm
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I just looked and the dell bios has been reverted back to a08, they must of had a lot of systems go back cos of a09
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post #9 of 15
1/23/10 at 5:31pm
That must hurt them big time. Someone in the software testing will have an ear full for sure

cheers ...
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post #10 of 15
1/24/10 at 11:28pm
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Originally Posted by Doughy View Post
I just looked and the dell bios has been reverted back to a08, they must of had a lot of systems go back cos of a09

I think Dells QA program is going down hill fast

this is several major mistakes in a short time

All that Out Sourcing paying off now michael ?
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post #11 of 15
1/25/10 at 10:40am
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I think Dells QA program is going down hill fast

this is several major mistakes in a short time

All that Out Sourcing paying off now michael ?
Absolutely More extra money to hire security guards ... Read somewhere that Mr M spends the most in personal guards than any other CEOs
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post #12 of 15
2/1/10 at 7:17pm
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i got mine back from the repair centre, working fine right now.
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post #13 of 15
2/1/10 at 11:20pm
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i got mine back from the repair centre, working fine right now.

So what BIOS version is on it now ?
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post #14 of 15
2/2/10 at 9:34am
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So what BIOS version is on it now ?
Came back with vA08, I guess they took A09 off for a reason.
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post #15 of 15
2/2/10 at 5:20pm
Would be interesting to know if this A08 that you got back from them is the same as in other A08s

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