Dell Latitude CP System BIOS A13

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Dell Latitude CP System BIOS A13 description

The following updates were made to the A12 BIOS to create the A13 BIOS:Issues fixed:1. Fixed issue where if certain video cards are installed in theC/Dock PCI slot then CD/DVD/CD-RW drives in the dock media bayare not accessible.2. Fixed issue where if an LS-120 drive is installed the C/Dockmedia bay, excessive drive noises are heard when the system isfirst powered on.3. Fixed issue where the user is prompted twice for the password whena 2nd hard drive which is password protected is hot-plugged intothe C/Dock media bay.4. Fixed problem where the display brightness setting is not savedduring suspend.5. Fixed inability to use multi-monitor support in Windows 2000. Thisis addressed by allowing the user to set the Primary Video adapterto System in System Setup.6. Fixed issue where Dell Control Center and Dell OpenManage ClientInstrumentation (OMCI) are unable to control the keyboard clickvolume.7. Fixed issue seen under Dell OMCI where the processor cacheinformation is not reported correctly.8. Fixed issue seen under Dell OMCI where the maximum memorysupported is not reported correctly.9. Fixed issue where a 2nd hard drive that is password protected cannotbe accessed when hot-swapped into the modular bay from a CD-ROM.10. Fixed issue seen under Dell OMCI where the system fails to report acritical thermal event.11. Fixed problem where Dell Control Center is unable to set some bootsequence options.12. Fixed problem where the touchpad may lock up when docked to aC/Port or C/Dock.13. Fixed issue seen under Windows 2000 where the system detects theNetwork Adapter in a C/Dock or C/Port when the Network Adapter isdisabled in System Setup but the Docking IRQ is set to IRQ 11.14. Fixed problem in which the top of the display has a small amountof corrupt video after resume from suspend in certain VESA modes.15. Make sure to properly report the Lower Critical temperature toDell OMCI.16. Improved ability of the system to restore a hard disk drive toits proper DMA mode after resume from suspend. Dell Latitude CP System BIOS A13 only appliesto drives that support the ATA 4 standard or higher.17. Fixed the issue in which the drive capacity for some large harddisk drives would be incorrectly reported by the BIOS.18. Fixed issue where 720KB floppies cannot be read if the floppy diskdrive is hot-inserted and 1.44MB media is read first.19. Fixed problem under Windows 2000 where the system does not alwaysreport the correct battery charge percentage when a second batteryis present.20. Fixed intermittent issue where turning off power during POST wouldcause the system to report CMOS corruption on the next boot.21. Fixed problem in which the system would enter suspend when the lidwas closed while both the LCD and an external CRT were active(i.e. simul-scan mode).22. Improved issue seen in Windows 98 where the LCD may flash on and offseveral times during boot-up and shut-down.23. Fixed issue where a CD-ROM in the dock media bay may not berecognized after resuming from standby in Windows 2000.24. Fixed problem where the touchpad locks up if Dell Latitude CP System BIOS A13 is touched whilethe system is scanning information using a scanner attached tothe serial port.Enhancements:1. Added support for Quick Boot and Simple Boot - Boot POST inSystem Setup.2. Added support for APM Safe-Shutdown utility.3. Added support for Wake on RTC - Auto On Mode in System Setup.4. Added a Primary Video field to System Setup. Dell Latitude CP System BIOS A13 allows theuser to select either the on-board video or an external videocard in a C/Dock(II) to be the primary video adapter during boot.5. Added ability to enter System Setup by pressing during POSTeven if the primary video adapter is an external card in aC/Dock(II).6. Allow Contrast keys to work as Brightness keys if the system hasa TFT panel.7. Added Dell SMBIOS version 1.4 support.8. Set Boot Third Device to CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive in System Setupby default.9. Modified the System Setup layout and added improvements tothe help text.The BIOS release has been validated on the following operating systems:1. Microsoft Windows 95 v4.00.950A2. Microsoft Windows 95 v4.00.950B3. Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP34. Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP45. Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP56. Microsoft Windows 98 v4.10.1998 APM only7. Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition APM only8. Microsoft Windows 2000 ACPIThis is a self-extracting file that contains the A13 System BIOS for the Latitude CP. After downloading, run the LCP-A13.EXE file from within Windows ONLY, and Dell Latitude CP System BIOS A13 will create the bootable BIOS disk. Reboot the system with Dell Latitude CP System BIOS A13 disk in the A: drive to flash the system.

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