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m15 R7, BIOS version 1.17.0
Last night Windows Update automatically updated my BIOS from version 1.16.1 to version 1.17.0 on my Alienware m15 R7 AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX laptop. It did so without me requesting this update which I had been ignoring when I saw it under Windows Update - Advanced options.
Things seems to be working alright but after rebooted I searched the support sight for my laptop and noticed the newest BIOS mentioned was version 1.16.1 on April 30, 2024. I searched the Dell website I found the following site listing the 1.17.0 BIOS from May 29, 2023:
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=np88x
That website is for the support for the Alienware m15 R7 laptop with an Intel CPU.
Both Device Manager and CPU-Z list my BIOS as version 1.17.0 from May 8, 2024.
I have two question:
1) Did Windows Update install a new BIOS that the Dell Support site for my laptop hasn't released?, or
2) Did Windows Update install the 1.17.0 BIOS for the Alienware m15 R7 laptop with an Intel CPU by mistake? If so, should I try to install the 1.16.1 BIOS that I had before Windows Update updated my laptop to version 1.17.0 last night?
It seems very strange that Windows Update would automatically install a BIOS for a laptop with an Intel CPU and chipset when my laptop has an AMD Ryzen CPU and AMD chipset, but I am suspecting that may have occurred.
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June 26th, 2024 05:16
I decided to re-install the BIOS version 1.16.1 (in essence downgrading the BIOS from version 1.17.0 to 1.16.1) on my Alienware m15 R7 AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX laptop. The installation went well and CPU-Z listed the BIOS as version 1.16.1 from April 30, 2024. Device Manager, however, listed the firmware as version 1.17.0 and stated my PC needed to be restarted to finish setting up this device. Upon restarting my laptop the BIOS installation process for BIOS version 1.17.0 started, and after booting into Windows both Device Manager and CPU-Z listed my BIOS as version 1.17.0 from May 8, 2024.
As mentioned previously my laptop seems to be working fine with this new BIOS version 1.17.0, even though it is not listed on the Dell support website for my AMD Alienware laptop. Thus I will continue to use BIOS version 1.17.0 and report back to this forum if I notice any problems or issues with this BIOS. Hopefully this post will help other Alienware m15 R7 AMD laptop owners who might experience the same problem I did with Windows Update.