Request for bios with SLIC 2.1 for Dell Inspiron 518

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by Sean03060, Jul 31, 2009.

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  1. Sean03060

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    #1 Sean03060, Jul 31, 2009
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    #2 rvic, Aug 2, 2009
    Check out the forums - DELL bioses cannot (yet) be modded, because they are proprietary (DELL uses custom Phoenix bios). Better to wait, I guess some solution will come also for DELL notebook owners.
     
  3. Sean03060

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    #3 Sean03060, Aug 2, 2009 (OP)
    Thanks. I think I am all set now anyways.
     
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  5. Sean03060

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    #5 Sean03060, Aug 2, 2009 (OP)
    Thank you very much. :)
     
  6. Sean03060

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    #6 Sean03060, Aug 3, 2009
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    btw are these the correct BIOS for my Inspiron 518(desktop)? I just wanna double check since you mentioned 530 in your post.
     
  7. urie

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    #7 urie, Aug 3, 2009
    Yes this is correct bios for your machine also when you select inspiron 518 from dell downloads it comes up as dimensions machine.
     
  8. Sean03060

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    #8 Sean03060, Aug 3, 2009 (OP)
    Ok thank you again, I just wanted to double check before I do anything. ;)
     
  9. zkc162

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    #9 zkc162, Aug 8, 2009
    hi Sean03060
    Did you success?
     
  10. Sean03060

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    #10 Sean03060, Aug 8, 2009 (OP)
    I am afraid I have had little time to get it done. But when I do I will let you know how it went. :)
     
  11. skeletalpuma

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    #11 skeletalpuma, Aug 23, 2009
    I tried it on my Dell Inspiron 518 and it worked... Activation of Windows 7 with 7loader 1.5 also worked. Thanks for the help "urie"...
     
  12. Sean03060

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    #12 Sean03060, Aug 23, 2009 (OP)
    Wonderful :), I wish I had time to get it done on my pc. Oh well, I will get to it eventually :p.
     
  13. mikeyvegas

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    #13 mikeyvegas, Sep 28, 2009
    I used this bios and now am receiving a "no timer tick interrupt" and the screen looks distorted. After hitting F1 i'm able to get past the error and boot fine, just curious if anyone else getting this error.
     
  14. urie

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    #14 urie, Sep 28, 2009
    No problems this side have you gone into bios setup and loaded default settings then saved.
     
  15. GDiddy

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    #15 GDiddy, Oct 31, 2009
    Successful Update, but no advanced features

    Hello,

    I've been searching for an unlocked bios for my Inspiron 518 and thought that is what I have stumbled upon looking at this post. I too was running the 1.0.8 version from Dell. So, I updated with a bootable usb drive and the bios files within this post, but didn't see anything in the bios unlocked that I didn't have before updating.

    Maybe I just had incorrect assumptions of what this unlocked bios might have. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    My main goal would be to possibly up FSB speed / CPU speed. I also heard this board limits you to 4GB max memory.

    Thanks again,

    G
     
  16. dilony

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    #16 dilony, Oct 31, 2009
    Thanks. I think I am all set now anyways.
     
  17. GDiddy

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    #17 GDiddy, Nov 1, 2009
    Urie, do you have any ideas on how I can get my hands on a fully unlocked bios for my inspiron 518? Allowing me to mess with FSB, multipliers, and other advanced settings that are seemingly blocked out by the dell 1.0.8 bios? Is this something that I'm just wishing for and is not available?

    Thanks in advance...
     
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  20. urie

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    #20 urie, Nov 1, 2009
    @ Busykid508, think Sean03060 must be really busy 3 months to take five mins off to check our bios mods. :(:confused: machine will be out of date before we get feedbackfrom him. :) I have had feedback on this thread the bios mod i did works.
     
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