FOOTMAN

Hi Gents just a nubie looking to get smart quick from canada love to game!!!!!!!!!!!

I make this thread for people who have bricked their bios on their r4(not the vbios), since the release of the A05 I have seen multiple people bricking their bios. The solution to this problem is really easy. Go to Drivers en downloads | Dell [Nederland] and download the .exe file. Use winrar to extract this file, you will have a file named like this QBR00EC.fd, rename it to M17R4.hdr. Now format an USB stick to fat/fat 32, and ONLY put this file on it. We are almost done!!! Unplug the battery from your laptop and be sure the power adapter is not plugged in, and put the USB in the eSate(NOT USB SLOT). Now hold the end button and plug in the adapter, your alienware should come back to live now!!!! It will beep some times and restart few times. Note: Leave CMOS battery in, or it wont work Thanks to SVL7/Brian, clearing things up for me, just go back into bios flashing

I have m17 r4 I recently updated the BIOS from a05 to a12 and now the computer does not respond I have tried the above but it is still saying that its on a12 can anyone offer any help to this? one thng that is possibly wrong is that the file I tried to download for the a05 bios wasnt for the usb the one for the usb woulod not show up on the ISO to USB software?? I know I am doing something wrong just need a swift kick

Thanks

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