Dell Latitude D500 System BIOS A08

Dell Latitude D500 System BIOS A08 description

The following updates were made to the A07 BIOS to create the A08 BIOS:Issues Fixed:1. Fixed issues where the system fails to boot to certain USBstorage devices or any USB storage when several such devicesare attached to the system.2. Fixed issue seen after several Standby/Resume cycles in which anexternal USB keyboard can no longer be used to enter a BIOS orhard-disk drive password.3. Fixed system hang seen when resuming from Standby if the usernotifies the operating system to eject an optical drive beforeentering Standby, but the drive is never removed.4. Fixed issue in which media bay devices may be reported incorrectlyin SMBIOS if the device is swapped while in Standby.5. Fixed issue in which no audio is received from the analog audiochannel of a DVD-RW drive in the media bay.6. Fixed possible system hang during POST when the Parallel Mode inSystem Setup is configured to DISABLE.7. Fixed problem where a reboot is required for a System Setup bootorder change to take effect. Now, if is pressed during POSTto enter System Setup, and a boot order change is made, the newboot order will take effect upon exiting System Setup.8. Fixed issue in which QuickSet may intermittently fail to detecta hotkey press, such as the CD Eject hotkey.9. Update to Pre-boot System Assessment to build 3012. Dell Latitude D500 System BIOS A08 versionaddresses problems when executing the hard-disk drive testswithout AC power attached.Enhancements:1. Added support for informed hot-undocking. The undock method canbe configured as either Hot Undock or Warm Undock using thenew Undocking Method field on page 5 of System Setup. Thesystem must be rebooted after changing Dell Latitude D500 System BIOS A08 field.Previously, the system would only allow warm-undocking. Whenwarm-undocking, the system enters Standby mode if the dock ejectbutton is pressed or the user commands the Operating System toundock the computer from the Start Menu.The new default behavior is Hot Undock. This allows the systemto stay powered on when undocking.PLEASE NOTE: Regardless of how Undocking Method is configured,the user must notify the system before undocking by either pressingthe dock eject button or commanding the OS to undock the computerfrom the Start Menu.2. Added support for DVD+/-RW drives to be displayed in System Setupand SMBIOS correctly.3. Added support for newer versions of the Intel Pentium M processor.4. Added feature to allow the BIOS Admin password to unlock theprimary hard-disk drive password. For this feature to work, theBIOS Admin password must be installed at the time the drivepassword is created. Also, the BIOS Admin password will onlyunlock the password for a drive that is installed in the specificsystem on which the drive password is originally created.The BIOS release has been validated on the following operating systems:1. Microsoft Windows 2000 ACPI2. Microsoft Windows XP