kurtis318/DellXPS15-9560-firmware.txt

## DellXPS15-9560-firmware.txt
I purchased a maxed out Dell XPS 15 earliers this year.  Windows 10 worked flawlessly (they sure know how to do multi-architecture and HiDPI) but of course I just had to install Fedora 25.   I was using Fedora 25 for a few months and was aware of the Intel Kaby Lake CPU used.  I did not check out looking for a firmware update on the Dell support site until I re-installed my XPS 15 with Fedora 26.

The problem I ran into immediately was I could only find the latest 1.3.3 firmware in an exe file that runs under Windows or in DOS mode.  I tried without any success to make a FreeDOS bootable USB with the exe file.  Unfortunately, the Dell web site was correct, FreeDOS does not recognize USB 3.0.

I did some Googling and finally found the following web site that has a cab file version of the raw binary firmware file.

https://secure-lvfs.rhcloud.com/lvfs/device/34578c72-11dc-4378-bc7f-b643866f598c

I formatted my USB key with fat32 in Fedora.  I extracted the raw .bin file (I extracted all 4 files) and placed them on the USB key.

When the Dell logo appeared, I quickly pressed F12 a couple of times (no need for the Fn key) and then I selected the BIOS flash option.

The flash process will flash 3-4 (maybe more) subsystems/devices on the laptop.  It took about 5 minutes to do all the flashing.  There were about 3 different boots before I finally saw the grub menu Fedora 26 installed.  I recall there was some long waits during these three boots.  As usual, PATIENCE!!!
	I purchased a maxed out Dell XPS 15 earliers this year. Windows 10 worked flawlessly (they sure know how to do multi-architecture and HiDPI) but of course I just had to install Fedora 25. I was using Fedora 25 for a few months and was aware of the Intel Kaby Lake CPU used. I did not check out looking for a firmware update on the Dell support site until I re-installed my XPS 15 with Fedora 26.

	The problem I ran into immediately was I could only find the latest 1.3.3 firmware in an exe file that runs under Windows or in DOS mode. I tried without any success to make a FreeDOS bootable USB with the exe file. Unfortunately, the Dell web site was correct, FreeDOS does not recognize USB 3.0.

	I did some Googling and finally found the following web site that has a cab file version of the raw binary firmware file.

	https://secure-lvfs.rhcloud.com/lvfs/device/34578c72-11dc-4378-bc7f-b643866f598c

	I formatted my USB key with fat32 in Fedora. I extracted the raw .bin file (I extracted all 4 files) and placed them on the USB key.

	When the Dell logo appeared, I quickly pressed F12 a couple of times (no need for the Fn key) and then I selected the BIOS flash option.

	The flash process will flash 3-4 (maybe more) subsystems/devices on the laptop. It took about 5 minutes to do all the flashing. There were about 3 different boots before I finally saw the grub menu Fedora 26 installed. I recall there was some long waits during these three boots. As usual, PATIENCE!!!