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February 7th, 2005 15:00

600m update BIOS A16...any problems?

Is there  any reason to go from A14 to A16?
 
Have you experienced any problems after the update?
 
Bill
 
Inspiron 600m
Inspiron 8200
Inspiron 8100
  • phoenix00

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    Posted February 7th, 2005 23:00

    ooooooh yes

    mesays hang onto A16 for a while if you could.....

    Message Edited by phoenix00 on 02-07-2005 05:04 PM

  • billw020104

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    Posted February 7th, 2005 23:00

    >>mesays hang onto A16 for a while if you could.....<<
     
    Did you mean to say A14?
     
    Bill
     
    Inspiron 600m
    Inspiron 8200
    Inspiron 8100
  • phoenix00

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    Posted February 9th, 2005 08:00

    yes I did

    /oops
  • ewinemiller

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    Posted February 16th, 2005 12:00

    I've updated. No problems. Actually seems to be better on the heat problems I was having with memory overheating and throttling back the CPU while playing games.
  • joybugoy

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    Posted February 20th, 2005 00:00

    hmm..i just got my 600m last week and it has A14 Bios

    should i update tto A16?

     

    what's the difference?

    thanks.

  • billw020104

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    Posted February 20th, 2005 15:00

    A16

    Systems: Dell Inspiron 600m Series
    Version: A16
    Build Date: 01/18/2005

    ATI Radeon 9000 Video BIOS version is 8.002.007.019

    The following updates were made to the A15 BIOS to create the A16 BIOS:

    Issues Fixed:
    1. Fixed an intermittent situation where the system may not resume from suspend.

    2. Fixed an intermittent situation where the system would not see the docking station
    after hot docking if BIOS is set to "Warm Dock".

    3. Updated PXE code for the Broadcom 4401.

    4. Fixed an intermittent situation where a system with two batteries could hibernate when
    the primary battery is critically low, even if the second battery is fully charged.

    http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_600M&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=3479&devlib=1&category=0&releaseid=R92281

    Bill

    Inspiron 600m
    Inspiron 8200
    Inspiron 8100

  • lbarkema

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    Posted March 2nd, 2005 13:00

    I have replaced my motherboard in a 600m. I was trying to update to the latest bios A16 and it errors because it says I have a Latitude D600 Laptop?  Version A14.....
     
    Help?
     
  • billw020104

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    Posted March 2nd, 2005 14:00

    I would call Dell Support IMMEDIATELY.

    Bill

    Inspiron 600m
    Inspiron 8200
    Inspiron 8100

  • lbarkema

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    Posted March 2nd, 2005 17:00

    Did just that and problem was corrected within 10 minutes.......

    Very quick response to issue.......

    Fix was boot from 3 1/2 floppy and use command line switch with the bios update "[bios exe]/forcetype"

    Thumbs UP!