Need Archive of old Dell XPS 8930 CPU bios .

OtherWay1982 · 05 May 2021

Many years have past, so I have not yet had luck locating these old Intel CPU bios.
I dont want the new bios as its a barrier to system tweaks I want .

Bios sites I remember from the past no longer exist .
Maybe going back to 2015 - 18 ish .
Any help locating these is appreciated.

( update dell has the old bios. Navigating to its a bit messed up. Have to select auto scan, then cancel eventually the list will appear behind that widow, of bios. If you downgrade sequentially , one after another, you can install old bios again. )

Bree · 05 May 2021

OtherWay1982 said:

Many years have past, so I have not yet had luck locating these old Intel CPU bios.
I dont want the new bios as its a barrier to system tweaks I want .

Bios sites I remember from the past no longer exist .
Maybe going back to 2015 - 18 ish .
Any help locating these is appreciated.

The Dell support site still has older versions available....

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https://www.dell.com/support/home/en...esktop/drivers

The oldest being 1.0.1

Version
Version 1.0.1, 1.0.1

Category
BIOS

Release date
20 Oct 2017

File Format: CPG BIOS Executable for Windows/DOS
File Name: XPS8930_1.0.1.exe

https://www.dell.com/support/home/en...s-8930-desktop

OtherWay1982 · 05 May 2021

Bree said:

The Dell support site still has older versions available....

Thanks. However I receive a notice preventing me from downgrading bios .
saying its not allowed. How do i get around this ?

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That was never the case as far as I can recall years ago. Now I need to somehow bypass this message.

bobkn · 05 May 2021

OtherWay1982 said:

Thanks. However I receive a notice preventing me from downgrading bios .
saying its not allowed. How do i get around this ?(snip)

That was never the case as far as I can recall years ago. Now I need to somehow bypass this message.

It'd be beyond my capabilities. The BIOS update files appear to not contain the .bin (or whatever) file as a discrete entitiy, so that would make using a more flexible DOS based flasher difficult.

I think the BIOS chip is soldered to the motherboard, so unless you're prepared to replace a surface mounted device, that path isn't an option.

fireberd · 06 May 2021

We see similar questions on the Dell forums. I don't recall seeing any successful BIOS downgrades.
Keep in mind there is no BIOS recovery if its corrupted. The motherboard is toast.