Dell Studio XPS 1640

[doug2060]

Would it be possible to unlock the bios for my dell studio xps 1640?

This is the link to the dell site where the latest bios can be downloaded:
http://support.dell.com/support/download...eid=453946

[AHMED HOSSAM]

Thanks for the request, I shall have a look and get back to you shortly.

[doug2060]

Thanks for the request, I shall have a look and get back to you shortly.

That was quick! Thanks... I also posted in the CPU support Upgrades. I hope my request there does not conflict with this one.

[AHMED HOSSAM]

do you see the tab called ADVANCED !
there is alot of hidden options and i will unlock it and move it to new tab called INTEL .
the bios will be ready tomorrow .

[doug2060]

do you see the tab called ADVANCED !
there is alot of hidden options and i will unlock it and move it to new tab called INTEL .
the bios will be ready tomorrow .

Wow! I can't believe you got it! Thank you so much, I can't wait. I know this isn't the place for it but I would really like to be able to use a Q9100 Core 2 Quad with this laptop. I know the chipset supports it but I think the dell bios either blocks it or does not support it. Would I be able to submit your custom bios in the cpu support upgrades section?

[AHMED HOSSAM]

yes , after i unlock it then post it in the cpu upgrades section for adding the new cpu support .

[doug2060]

yes , after i unlock it then post it in the cpu upgrades section for adding the new cpu support .

Awesome... Thank you for your help.

[AHMED HOSSAM]

here is your unlocked bios with new INTEL and ADVANCED tabs which contains alot of options .

http://www.mediafire.com/?u89ep8pkxyppd3k

i will wait your reply after flashing it .

[doug2060]

here is your unlocked bios with new INTEL and ADVANCED tabs which contains alot of options .

http://www.mediafire.com/?u89ep8pkxyppd3k

i will wait your reply after flashing it .

The bios works! Lots of stuff unlocked. I could not get winphlash to work from windows though. It kept saying it could not load a particular driver. I've had a similar issue before because I upgraded my memory and dell blocked the ability to update bios and use other software like quickset unless I used their memory. I renamed the bios in the package to bios.rom and made a dos package on a usb stick which I had to do before just to get from the A14 to the A15 bios. Thank you for your assistance.

[AHMED HOSSAM]

thanks alot for your feed back .
i will move the thread to unlocked section .

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Thanks for confirming,



Moved to unlocked /mod