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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Benjamin Kerensa, unfortunately, because vendors don't reveal what
precisely they fix under the hood with BIOS updates (ex. I and others
had a touchpad problem that was resolved by a BIOS update, and the
update page noted nothing about the touchpad) , despite their preamble
statement, I wouldn't know how the BIOS is being altered (ex. BIOS
changing from non-UEFI to UEFI). However, you may want to check in with
Dell support on how you had Win7 by default, and would this change
anything for your option to use/dual-boot Win7.

I would presume no, as one may toggle the drop down to Win7, and it
reveals the A06 BIOS. As well, kernel upstream likes to see the latest
BIOS for a given hardware chipset.

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Title:
  8086:008a Wifi slowly degrades until no data transfer

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  My wifi has been slowly degrading at random times to the point of no
  data transfer but network-manager still shows connected. Only thing
  that resolves it seems to be manually disconnecting from wifi AP via
  network-manager and reconnecting also toggling N off in iwlwifi seems
  to have some effect (maybe coincidence though)

  I have ruled out the issue being a result of interference by checking
  signal quality (iwconfig) when it occurs and my cable modem is online
  with no issues and so is Wireless AP and other devices do not have
  this issue.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: linux-image-3.11.0-5-generic 3.11.0-5.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-5.10-generic 3.11.0
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-5-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  bkerensa   1871 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   bkerensa   1871 F...m pulseaudio
  Date: Fri Sep  6 10:33:30 2013
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=42166247-fbbd-410b-acc0-b951406b36bc
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-27 (41 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System Inspiron N411Z
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-5-generic root=UUID=132b8e71-0e4d-42f4-bb3d-8b0a25d42a35 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-5-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-5-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.113
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-07-27 (41 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/24/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A00
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: 0VK06J
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: FAB1
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA00:bd06/24/2011:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemInspironN411Z:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0VK06J:rvrFAB1:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
  dmi.product.name: Dell System Inspiron N411Z
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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