Alienware 17 R2

BIOS .rar 12.4 MB Shared

Firmware archive for the Dell Alienware 17 R2 gaming laptop, 12.4 MB in RAR form. The name gives no board number, BIOS version or chip size, so open the archive to see which images it contains and whether more than one flash chip is covered. Such dumps are used to reprogram the BIOS chip with an SPI programmer after a failed update or corruption leaves the machine dead. Check the board markings on the PCB, back up the original chip contents before writing, and make sure the image size equals the chip capacity.

The button opens the matching file on RM Schematics, or a source page if it is not catalogued there yet. The original attachment is from @biosarchive. Enginerys does not host this file.

How to open a .rar file

Compressed archive — the usual wrapper for a schematic + boardview pair or a BIOS + EC set.

7-ZipWinRARThe Unarchiver (macOS)

More about .rar files

Back up your own chip before writing any dump, and match the full board number and revision. Flashing guide →