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June 12th, 2024 17:10
XPS 8950 Aptio BIOS?
Hello.
i have Aptio BIOS on my XPS 8950, and it quite frankly looks Very primitive for this type of system. When looking at U EFI Firmware pictures on the dell.com website, I see things that involve management engine and more options than this blue screen looking bios that looks to be from a System built in 1995. The reason I’m curious is all of the other systems on my network(Three other desktops, one of a different vendor) Have the same exact bios. I will post a screenshot. Please put me in my place and tell me this looks like you’re biased if you have the same or advise otherwise if it’s not thank you so much for Your time.
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DELL-Chris M
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June 15th, 2024 20:07
"When looking at UEFI Firmware pictures on the dell.com website, I see things that involve management engine and more options"
For what specific PC models?
The online XPS 8950 Service Manual shows the available BIOS System setup options.
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August 15th, 2025 00:48
@DELL-Chris M thank you for responding. After your post, I saw that the options in the manual line up with the options in my bios. It is just hard to understand why a newer (at the time) XPS 8950 UEFI machine would load firmware that looks and functions as that of a BIOS from 1995. I am not so much concerned with the looks as I am concerned that the looks are also an indication of the feature set of said Bios. Err, firmware/BIOS. If it is as it is should be then I am happy. Thank you again.
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August 15th, 2025 00:51
edit...Are all of those kd adapters normal for dell machines? is it the SOS from Dell or do you know? I have MANY kdnet and kdstub drivers or .dll files in my System ESR partition.