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A05 vs A06 Bios, depot downgraded

post #1 of 7
3/29/05 at 12:07am
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All,

Last week my 9100 went to the depot for a new MR9700

When it returned they had downgraded my bios to a05 from a06

The downgrade was noted on my ticket but no reason was given

interesting .....
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post #2 of 7
3/29/05 at 12:27am
What do you mean downgraded? Version A06 is an "upgrade." It just doesn't have the FN Z+R on it. It's probably routine for them to upgrade the bios as you have it turned in for maintenance just for sake of upkeep.
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post #3 of 7
3/29/05 at 12:28am
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Originally Posted by JFriedman86
What do you mean downgraded? Version A06 is an "upgrade." It just doesn't have the FN Z+R on it. It's probably routine for them to upgrade the bios as you have it turned in for maintenance just for sake of upkeep.

LOL he said they downgraded his Bios from A06 to A05 and didnt give him a reason! Strange wonder why they did that?
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post #4 of 7
3/29/05 at 12:38am
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Originally Posted by MajestacaL
LOL he said they downgraded his Bios from A06 to A05 and didnt give him a reason! Strange wonder why they did that?

Heh wow. His semantics are terrible though, when you say they downgrade you say what your system was at initially followed by what it is at now. It's how the English language works.

That is indeed weird. I was told to flash to version A06 by dell tech support... but noticed no improvement whatsoever.
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post #5 of 7
3/29/05 at 12:56am
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just to be clear
the bios was 'downgraded' from A06 ( newer/higher number ) to A05 ( older/lower number ) thus the term downgrade

semantics aside the fact that they put an older version of bios on my machine makes me wonder why they released A06 in the first place

I find it odd that they would not want my machine to have the 'latest and greatest' bios version unless there was a known problem with the 'latest and greatest'
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post #6 of 7
3/29/05 at 1:07am
A06 has been removed from their support site I guess that means its recalled?
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post #7 of 7
3/29/05 at 9:13am
if the old one works and they dont say properly what its gunna do..leave it
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