The Dell BIOS for these machines was released in 2006 and is called the
A11. However, there seems to be a possible revision later.
I am having some trouble with this BIOS question. I downloaded what I thought was the new version, but it is still called A11 and it looks identical to the old BIOS. The problem PC is a Dell GX 520. I want to put Windows 10 preview on it. I get the error message for incompatible CPU.
Here is why I suspect the BIOS. Look at this thing from Dell:
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=P12HHRelease date
01 Nov 2006
Last Updated
21 Mar 2014
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Format Description
This file format consists of a BIOS executable file. The Universal (Windows/MS DOS) format can be used to install from Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, NT, Windows 9X, Windows ME or a MS DOS environment.
For some reason Windows 7 would not let me flash the firmware in my GX520. So I have to boot DOS on a USB flash drive.
After the flash, I still get the error from Windows 10 preview install DVD.
The Windows preview works on my other Dell PC. (Optiplex 755.)
So my question is: Is this a BIOS problem or do I have a flaky CPU?
How to I find if it is the CPU? Why does it work on Windows 8.1 Enterprise?
Any ideas welcome