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heywheelie

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  1. "Secure Boot" is a 'feature' introduced by MS in windows 8.1. To get rid of that message you need to go into BIOS and enable Secure Boot, save and then boot into windows 8.1. The message will disappear. The Secure Boot option in BIOS is only available if UEFI is activated. cheers
  2. Any idea why it isn't listed as available under win 7 x64 and win 8 x64?
  3. Interesting that it doesn't show up on the Dell website under drivers and downloads. I have windows 8 installed and when I log into my Dell account only win 7 x64 and win 8 x64 show up and the latest bios is A11. It seems that BIOS is for win 8.1 M18X R2 only and not win 7 or win 8. Does that mean i need to install it if I upgrade to win 8.1 but downgrade the bios back to A11 if I go back to Win 8 or 7?
  4. That's it but it only lists 3 enhancements as the changes from the A10 bios and no fixes, and to me that seems rather odd. Is there anyone that can state in plain english what the changes mean?
  5. Is the triple pipe cpu cooler available in Australia? I can't find it anywhere on our Dell site.
  6. Thanks a lot. loading the Mobile Express chipset SATA RAID driver worked a treat. Windows 8 with UEFI, Secure Boot and Fast Boot all enabled cheers
  7. I am trying to do a clean install of Windows 8 Pro on my M18xR2. It came with Win 8 Pro pre-installed but did not support secure Boot or Fast Boot (legacy ROM install). It seems in order for the UEFI install to recognize my drives, i read I need the F6 floppy drivers of the Intel IRST drivers on a USB drive. Sure enough the windows 8 install starts and can't find any drives and gives an error about a missing media driver. I browse to the USB stick with the F6 drivers and it says that the Intel Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID is compatible with my laptop. Problem is I don't have RAID and BIOS is set to AHCI mode (my boot drive is a 256GB mSATA drive). i untick the "Hide all drivers not compatible" and a dozen other drivers pop up including an Intel Mobile Express SATA AHCI driver. i tried it but no luck (possibly because the mSATA was not blank, but not sure) Amongst the other drivers is the Intel Series 7 chipset driver (both SATA RAID and SATA AHCI). Would that be the best choice or am i on the wrong track altogether. I'd like to at least try Secure BOOT / Fast Boot but after 10 failed attempts my patience is running out. Any help would be appreciated
  8. Yes that is exactly the error. Thanks for the advice. cheers EDIT: UPDATE: Flashing the "fixed" vbios on both 680m video cards has fixed my MXM error and Secure Boot and Fast Boot options now available
  9. Thanks but I think it's probably a bit too risky just to get a working eject cd key on the keyboard control panel. Hopefully Dell will fix it in the A11 bios. cheers
  10. I'm on A10 and I want to downgrade to A03. the easiest way for me would be via a DOS BIOS that's why I asked about the A03 BIOS. cheers
  11. Pardon the newbie question, but what is the latest vbios for the Dell 680m. I have an alienware M18x R2 w2ith 2 x 680m and vbios 80.04.33.00.32 Is there a later one?
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