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dell bios
Name: abz Date: October 3, 2002 at 13:39:17 Pacific OS: win2000 CPU/Ram: 233/256
Comment:
anyone know where i can get the dell optiplex a07 bios flash? dell's flashes only go back to a09. thanks
Name: Jason Date: October 3, 2002 at 17:58:46 Pacific
Reply:
I'm sure there is a reason too. The whole point of a BIOS update is to fix serious bugs or add support for new hardware. I am sure they don't recommend using an outdated version, nor would I.
I did a quick search just the same and the oldest I could find was a08. Any particular reason you want to downgrade? If there is a problem you are having with the latest BIOS there may be a better solution.
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Response Number 2
Name: abz Date: October 5, 2002 at 14:26:29 Pacific
Reply:
the reason is that powerleap told me to go to an earlier bios so that their cpu upgrade would work.
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Summary: Hi, Basically you cannot overclock any Dell. It may be possible to flash your BIOS to an Intel BIOS which could be overclocked, but and here is the big but. Your computer will be then be totally uns...
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