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October 28th, 2011 15:00

Which BIOS for my Latitude XPi CD (P150ST)?

I have the XPi CD Pentium 150. The current BIOS is A06. I notice that they have A12. Should I upgrade?

I use this strictly as a DOS 6.22 machine.

Thanks all;

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Posted October 28th, 2011 15:00
You do realize that if the BIOS update goes awry, you will have bricked your PC?
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Posted October 31st, 2011 03:00
But why would it? Isn't the computer designed to have its BIOS upgraded?
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Posted October 31st, 2011 04:00
Read the release notes for the version of bios you have.

Then read through the release notes for all the subsequent versions. If you see anything that fixes an issue that you actually have then you could consider updating the bios.

If there is nothing being fixed that actually affects you then don't bother.

Anybody attempting a bios update should do it from DOS booted with no config.sys or autoexec.bat , himem.sys etc. Just plain vanilla DOS.. And in the case of a laptop you are better off with a working battery as well as the power-brick..
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Posted October 31st, 2011 13:00
Thanks for that info. The only issue that I'd like to fix is the Y2K problem. My laptop is before that and it doesn't show the date properly. I notice that both A11 and A12 mention that. That's why I was thinking it might be nice to upgrade to one of those versions.