@Colder1989 - No, you can flash in windows, no need to be scared, especially now, you have programmer and working backup/fixed BIOS to recover it any issues
Keep in mind, I've said to stop using FPTW64 and you still are... - But yes, if you are worried, you can do it from DOS

Here is unlocked BIOS, flash it back via >> FPTw.exe -bios -f biosregunlock.bin
If the settings you originally needed visible are still hidden, let me know and I will do follow up edit (and then they will be visible for sure )
Change Log = Add Chipset + 2nd Advanced + 2nd Boot & Swapped Exit for Save/Exit
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...342355421641545

*** WARNING - To ANYONE with laptop and unlocked BIOS!!!! ***
DO NOT try to enable this graphics card or disable that card, switch cards etc. Otherwise you will end up with no display output (ie black screen) and no way to recover except by blind flash or with flash programmer.
You can change graphics related settings, like changing memory sizes, or core speeds etc, just don't try to disable one card or change which is main etc.
Additionally, be very careful when trying to undervolt CPU, you can leave BIOS unbootable due to CPU voltage too low (Sometimes even 0.05 is too much)

*** WARNING *** - This BIOS is user specific! If you are not user Colder1989 at Win-RAID.com forum, DO NOT USE THIS BIOS!!
If you do, and you are not Colder1989, then you will loose your serial, UUID, OG NVRAM, and possibly LAN MAC ID as well.
You have been warned!!!

really thank you ... you are a legend ... as soon as I get home I will let you know if everything is alright .... when you made me do the ME FW UPDATE if you remember I told you that from the screen settings I could change the two screens even if the lid was closed .. now not anymore .. that's why I asked you if the update remained the same even if I flashed the new bios .... it's not important how what anyway ... I'm writing to you later for flash update..

You're welcome, and thank you too!
Yes, I remember you saying that, but I had no idea what any of it was about or meant etc.
Yes, ME FW will remain same after you update it. But, if you want it back to old/original ME, we can put back.
Possibly it was not working properly before, and you just were used to that, but now it's working properly since ME FW fixed?
But yeah, if you want old ME FW Back (fixed/clean, or exactly as it was), we can do that! We can do via FPT now too

I have not tested the system well if it is alright but I think it is fine ... what should I check to know if the computer is working perfectly with the new firmware? however if everything goes well there is no reason to go back to the first version

All will be same as it is now, except you will have LOTS more BIOS settings visible to you.
And what I meant about back to first version, was about ME FW, since you said that one thing (setting, and or lid close stuff) changed after you updated ME FW).
I was saying we can put ME FW back how it was, if you wanted - Just that, not the BIOS

maybe I didn't explain myself well ... I meant what changes in the system when I update ME firmware..what should I see different than the one before? how do i know if it is more stable than before? what goes to change?
sorry for the questions but it's just for knowledge

You would only see ME FW version change, in places where you see ME FW version (such as HWINFO64). ME FW affects/runs MANY things, too numerous to explain and I don't even know them all (well, I can look, but I never pay attention unless I'm changing something )
This really isn't something that is going to affect stability for you, other than it may fix some stability if ME FW was messed up before. I only mentioned putting it back, in regards to the setting thing you mentioned and laptop lid acting like you were used to before.

If you want to see what all ME FW does, you can look around in your ME FW by dropping any Full BIOS onto Flash Image Tool exe, it's in the ME System tools folder.
Drop BIOS as a whole onto there, and then on right side, you can browse through all the sections and see all the settings it controls from there.

Ok thanks...i try to see After the flash...I'll update you later if everything is alright
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@Lost_N_BIOS you are awesome!!!! everything works perfectly ... I have enabled wake on lan and now it works ... I wonder why Dell should disable it if it puts inside a lan card that supports this thing ... I tried to enable wake on ac but as it seems to me it works only if the computer is turned on when the power is lost and automatically restarts it when it receives the power ... but obviously with a laptop it is not possible having the battery ... or am I wrong to set something? also I would like to ask you if it is possible to enable the external display as the main monitor and then view the bios and the boot from the external one ...another thing is that the suspension still does not work when the graphics amplifier is connected .. I do not understand what is modified by Dell ... if it is a question of bios ... I think so because with the update of the Bios for the R2 this thing has been fixed. thanks again very much for what you do !! for me it was a great experience and I learned a lot of things ... for you it was less fun since you do it every day


Update: I managed to enable suspend and hibernate mode but when I try to run them the computer goes into suspend but then does not restart but turns off ... the same thing for hibernation. to enable it I changed the parameter "Enable ACPI Auto Configuration "about enable ....




To change the main monitor it seems to me that it is this page but I honestly don't know what to change:

@Colder1989 - Thanks
What is your goal with sleep/suspend? There is several types of sleep, and you can change how the OS tries to suspend/sleep too. So I need to know what you're trying to do before I can reply about this more.
Looks like you have it set conflicted right now - Hibernation enabled + Suspend disabled? Set this to S3, then you can choose in OS what suspend or sleep means.

For the comment above first image, that is how suspend works (one of two ways), one way will look completely off, another way fans or LED's may still be on but otherwise look off. I'm not exactly sure how it would be on your exact laptop
But, what you describe when putting to sleep/suspend sounds normal to me. It's not supposed to resume until you wake it up via keystroke or power button press etc. But, I may not be understanding what your saying there (I never use sleep, so my knowledge in this area is limited)
Sorry, not sure if ACPI Auto config has anything to do with this, you may need to research more about that setting and or what you're trying to do here.

About the power loss/AC question, you want to set "State after G3" to S0, this would = power on AC

Setting external display as main monitor is something you should "Safely" do with software/drivers on windows side. See my warning above!!

Oem Dock Graphic Mode >> Oem Dock Graphic Mode Change >>
Graphic Mode1 IGFX Only
Graphic Mode3 SG with Internal dGPU
Graphic Mode4 PEG with Dock dGPU
Graphic Mode5 SG with Dock dGPU

Chipset >> SA >> Graphics >>
Primary Display >> SG = Switchable Grapics (Default)
If you want external to be main, then you need to set this to PCIE or PEG (Not sure which is your non-CPU GPU)
However! With your external dock, and all the settings for this (some of which still hidden from you on this page), that may matter to how you connect external screen? Some should be visible to you on OEM Dock graphics mode page - options above, I'm not sure what you need to set for this unusual configuration

You can just test setting primary to PCIE or PEG, but be ready to recover with programmer, or maybe one screen will still work so you can reset BIOS or change
setting back if it's not what you wanted.

In this page >> These are still hidden from you, that may be due to they do not apply, or it may be I just need to make them visible for you?
If you want them visible let me know and I will send you follow up BIOS region edit where they will be visible
iGPU Digital Port B Mode
iGPU Digital Port C Mode
iGPU Digital Port D Mode

Options for each =
1. Port is fully muxed with dGPU (default for all)
2. Port is NOT muxed with dGPU
3. Port supports HDPD Only

Thanks again...my goal is to put the computer in sleep mode so that it can only be turned on again with the movement of the mouse or the keyboard ... I have enabled the wake from USB ... but if I try to put the computer in sleep mode when I move the mouse to turn it back on it turns on for a few moments and then turns off completely ... as I told you Dell has corrected this issue with the BIOS of the R2 ... it is some problem with the graphics amplifier i think...

I don't see the options you say OEM docked etc ...
I tried to set PCI, IGFX, etc on "LCD control" ... but every time I had to reset the CMOS because it turned on with 5 beeps...

I don't know if there is any hidden setting that talks about the graphics amplifier ... which in theory would be an external video card dock ... and I connect the monitor to the display Port of the amplifier .... the amplifier instead it is connected to the notebook with a proprietary cable.

for now I solved by disabling the internal video card from the BIOS but I have to leave the cover slightly I hope due to a sensor I know ...

What kind of sleep mode though? Sleep (S3) or Hibernate (S4)?

S1 - Sleep
CPU is stopped. RAM maintains power. Everything else is off, or in low power mode.

S2 - Sleep
CPU has no power. RAM maintains power. Everything else is off, or in low power mode.

S3 - Standby
CPU has no power. RAM maintains power, refreshes slowly. Power supply reduces power. This level might be referred to as “Save to RAM.” Windows enters this level when in standby.

S4 - Hibernate
Power to most hardware is shut off. Any files in memory are saved to the hard disk in a temporary file. If configured, the NIC will remain on for WOL, or AoL. This level is also known as “Save to disk.”
https://superuser.com/questions/71835/wh...ur-sleep-states

See also, with "Modern Standby" S0-low power (maybe first option in your BIOS?)
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/6334...dows-10-pc.html
This also shows you how to check what is enabled/possible, and how to change stuff from windows-side too

Here's how to check if your system supports modern standby - Here's how to check - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1458...ndows-10-a.html
Note the warning in orange - You cannot switch between S3 and Modern Standby by changing a setting in the BIOS. Switching the power model is not supported in Windows 10 without a complete OS re-install.
And for this, I assume you need to test with the first BIOS Option enabled/disabled, and if it was disabled by default, to enable/use it, you need to do a clean windows install with it enabled (and then OS will say supported, if it's supported by this system)

See also, for reference/info
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2859...ndows-10-a.html
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7468...ndows-10-a.html
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7503...ndows-10-a.html

If you think it's a BIOS issue, but also related to using the graphics amplifier, then test without it until you have OS/sleep how you want.
Then test with it. Then show me a BIOS that has the fix and I will compare with your current and see if I notice any obvious BIOS setting differences.
Sadly, the fix they applied may not just be a BIOS settings change.

You don't see >> OEM Dock Graphic Mode anywhere? This should be visible to you in the stock BIOS, once dock is connected.
If it's not, and those options I mentioned look like something you need to tinker with, then I can see if I can make this visible to you.
You do see >> Performance Tuning << When dock is connected, correct? If yes, how does it look, does it have it's own tab, or is in inside another tab/section?

Yes, there is an entire section for the dock. Do you have AMIBCP 5.02? If not, find in google, or send me a PM.
Then open BIOS in AMIBCP and look on right side, you can expand all the menus, this is all possible settings (to a degree, some things we may not be able to make visible)
Tell me what you're missing.

I looked at the bios with AMIBCP and in fact there are all the options of the bios except OEM DOCKING which I don't see in the bios but I see on AMIBCP ...
the problem of sleep mode and hibernation happens to me only when the graphics amplifier is connected ... could it be a question of software?

I have seen that this thing has been solved for R2 alienware with this update: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/...re-15-r2&lwp=rt ... I do not understand, however, why the update was not made also for R1 since it came out only a year before the release of this patch ...

Edit : @Lost_N_BIOS i can't enable WoL (wake on lan).. I have set on windows all the parameters for the Lan card (magick packet, etc ..) ... but when I turn off the computer the lan card remains off ... in theory to work it should remain powered ...

@Colder1989 - Sleep mode seems to always have random issues, and when it's something hardware related, or software/driver/hardware related, only the driver and manufacturers can sort that out.
So yes, that's probably something only Dell could sort out, if they wanted to. You could try older driver/software versions and see if any of those work better. Does the issue happen w/ dock connected, but NO software or drivers installed for it?

Sleep also CAUSES it's own issues too, and I mean when it's actually working properly, due to systems never actually being rebooted...
I tend to never use it due to this, getting in the habit of never rebooting and always sleep/wake causes more random problems on it's own and you never know why, until you stop using sleep.

Thanks for the link to the other BIOS, I will compare it and the previous one, to see if I see any settings changes in BIOS (but it may not just be this, even if this is there)

On WOL, I will make you BIOS soon with updated LAN Module, to see if that will fix the issue. Please resize the above image, or put in a zip, thanks

@Lost_N_BIOS thanks!! I have resize to 200px?it's ok?
I don't even use sleep mode ... but I'm just looking for a method to turn on the computer without having to open it and press the button every time ... that's why I want to activate wake on lan and then turn it on with Alexa ... I don't want to do hardware changes because a few times I take it out of the drawer I built for the computer and carry it around . ...thanks again for your work!!! they should make a statue with your name on it

@Colder1989 - No, image is huge and lots of OK, Please put in max compressed zip, thanks.

Good to hear you don't use sleep Hopefully we can make WOL work, but sometimes this is not possible due to hardware configuration. Maybe LAN rom update will help, sometimes it does, sometimes not
Thanks No statue of me needed Especially if we can't solve this issue for you!

* Edit - Do you have secure boot disabled? If not, disable it for now
* Edit 2 @Colder1989 - Make this change and test again >> Advanced >> Network Stack Config >> Enable "Network Stack"
Fast boot needs to be disabled on windows side, since your BIOS does not have this option.
Also at original Boot, make sure Legacy ROM is enabled
Also, always be sure you start in BIOS by loading optimized defaults, then reboot to BIOS to make changes (so optimal is always the starting point, only need to do once)

*** Edit 3 - @Colder1989
If never any luck, here is biosreg with updated LAN modules. If this does not help either, I will set network stack enabled by default in the debug folder
I'm not sure if this is used by the BIOS, or changed when you change it in normal area, but it's disabled for both fail safe and optimal in debug and normal area
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...231905271589090

* Edit 4 - Once we sort this stuff out, or exhaust attempt to sort, I will see about getting that Oem Dock Graphic Mode visible to you