New Qosmio X300-14p with bios 2.40

hi,
i purchased a new toshiba qosmio x300 in a store that had a single one still in stock.
i have had a x300-.14p (pqx32e-04h02wgr) before and thus know it a bit.
i remeber : the latest bios for the x300 even today is version 2.10
i was surprised that the new x300 i purchased has the bios version 2.40 !!!
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how can a new x300 have a later bios than that offered in the official toshiba support site for the qosmio x300 ?
my question : is this ok ?
or is this some weird error and do i have to DOWNGRADE bios from v2.40 to V2.10 ?
but it looks normal and as of yet i have not detected anything unusual.
maybe a toshiba official can help ?
but besides, any clue welcome.

the hdsetup tool of course reports the same version than the bios : 2.4
the notebook was one that has been standing as a demo in the shop for awhile, so it might have
been used a couple of times by the personal for demonstrations to customers.
so i repeat my question : how can there be a bios 2.4 when the latest offered by toshiba is 2.1 ?
IS BIOS 2.4 OK for QOSMIO X300-14P ?
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of course i expect that someone from toshiba at least from time to time reads and answers here.
this is the OFFICIAL toshiba forum on the official toshiba site, of course i expect them to read and answer here !
what kind of company is this, anyway ?
especially in cases like this, when users can obiously not help.
and it is in their OFFICIAL website,
i expect that they answer those questions.
it is their job. thats what support forums are for.
my question is still unanswered !
i am still waiting for an answer (for quite some time, now).

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