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New XPS/9100 BIOS A03

post #1 of 17
7/15/04 at 3:42pm
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As somms pointed out in the general section, there is a new bios for XPS/9100 owners. The bit of interesting news is one of the fixes is support for newer video cards. Now the extremely good news for 9100 owners is the 9100 bios ALSO includes that upgrade. Looks like you guys are good to go
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post #2 of 17
7/15/04 at 5:31pm
So this means we can upgrade the video card in the future? What else does the update do?
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post #3 of 17
7/15/04 at 6:08pm
not much else..fixes usb 2.0 lockout or similar. i have no usb issues so i wont update that now.
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post #4 of 17
7/15/04 at 6:49pm
The card is x800 based. Pity. Should be 6800 based. I miss digital vibrance greatly. The display looks so faded and washed out compared to my desktop!

Cheers!
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post #5 of 17
7/15/04 at 6:58pm
connect your desktop monitor to the latop...how does the m9700 look then? you could always tweak the color balance and other settings in the ati contol panel as well.
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post #6 of 17
7/15/04 at 7:01pm
The monitor obviously looks better but the color is similar. I had a 9800XT that essentially was the same. DV is essentially a saturation control and it's a shame that ATi has omitted this well needed feature.

I've played with the settings on the XPS until the cows came home and it still isn't there.

Cheers!
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post #7 of 17
7/15/04 at 7:13pm
true...after my post i checked the settings...saturation was missing...would be a good feature. let me post that on rage.com forums :P
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post #8 of 17
7/15/04 at 8:46pm
Do any of the LCD's have an edge in this department? I feel the same way about the Sharp on my 9100.
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post #9 of 17
7/15/04 at 9:47pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by sharkeeper
The card is x800 based. Pity. Should be 6800 based. I miss digital vibrance greatly. The display looks so faded and washed out compared to my desktop!

Cheers!

At least it will have 256Mb of RAM
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post #10 of 17
7/16/04 at 11:37pm
flashed here with no issues
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post #11 of 17
7/16/04 at 11:47pm
A03 fixed my "fans running wild after sleep" problem. coolness.
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post #12 of 17
7/18/04 at 8:44am
A03 worked for me.. no problems
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post #13 of 17
7/18/04 at 12:05pm
no probs with A03 for me either
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post #14 of 17
7/18/04 at 6:22pm
Cant wait for that Video Card upgrade........Doom Doom Doom!

The Clown
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post #15 of 17
7/18/04 at 10:37pm
Had to rerun the flash programme twice..before it finally flashed correctly on the restart.. However, running the A03 and no problems.
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post #16 of 17
7/18/04 at 11:31pm
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Originally Posted by Jian001
Had to rerun the flash programme twice..before it finally flashed correctly on the restart.. However, running the A03 and no problems.

Yeah. me too. Worked on the third try though.
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post #17 of 17
7/19/04 at 1:35am
Updated and everything worked fine on first try so no complaints as of now.
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