Was investigating what looks like a hardware or firmware bug in a device in my XPS16 earlier when I realized I've never actually been prompted for a firmware update since I've had it. Turns out that n

Was investigating what looks like a hardware or firmware bug in a device in my XPS16 earlier when I realized I've never actually been prompted for a firmware update since I've had it. Turns out that not only was it running firmware from 2024, but Dell doesn't ship updates for it via lvfs. I thought that Dell were generally a safe bet tbh. Anyway, manually upgraded to the latest from Dell's website

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Was investigating what looks like a hardware or firmware bug in a device in my XPS16 earlier when I realized I've never actually been prompted for a firmware update since I've had it. Turns out that n

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Was investigating what looks like a hardware or firmware bug in a device in my XPS16 earlier when I realized I've never actually been prompted for a firmware update since I've had it. Turns out that not only was it running firmware from 2024, but Dell doesn't ship updates for it via lvfs. I thought that Dell were generally a safe bet tbh. Anyway, manually upgraded to the latest from Dell's website