Update bios to A12 or not

[kenthurgood]

Hi,

Just wondering if the bios update to A12 is recommended or not, if unit is functioning properly.

Appreciate any advice.

 

[DDuB420]

I'm curious as well, it's stated on the dell site that the a12 bios has added a GPU switch option in F2
Which I'm using an unlocked a08 for that reason. I might make the update if I know it is stable.

 

[jacobberke]

If your system works fine then I don't believe you ever need to update something. But I always update to the latest, but it's not always needed, once it screwed my computer up but it's very rare. I say you should update it, just to have the latest.

 

[yikes81]

Personally, the motto "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" applies.

I would only do a BIOS update if something doesn't work. Read the release notes if you really want to update, and see what was fixed.


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[MattyB]

I'm assuming that it still doesn't have support for SATA 3......??? I think I'll stick with A08 for now if it doesn't.

 

[kepano24]

If your system works fine then I don't believe you ever need to update something. But I always update to the latest, but it's not always needed, once it screwed my computer up but it's very rare. I say you should update it, just to have the latest.

a11 for my m17xr4 i got in October...messed my lighting up...needless to say i did a restore to factory as my save folder was empty...and the issues was still there...after overwriting the a11 with the old a10 my lighting worked again

 

[ripperbone]

I'm running 12 on mine and haven't had a problem with it

 

[kepano24]

I'm running 12 on mine and haven't had a problem with it

When did a12 come out ?.....i updated to a11 about 3 weeks ago when i had the issues with it..

 

[ripperbone]

I'm not sure. I got my laptop in oct and I updated the bios around dec.