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BIOS Release Notes

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Systems:      Dell Inspiron 500m Series
Version:      A03
Build Date:   04/18/2003

The following updates were made to the A02 BIOS to create the A03 BIOS:

Issues Fixed:
1. Updated the VBIOS to support the Chrontel 7009B part. This resolves
issues with waviness on certain DVI displays, and no display on some
Viewsonic 15" DVI displays.
2. Changed USB settings to meet USB 2.0 certification requirements.
3. Fixed an issue involving Dell Diagnostics and system batteries
supplied by Panasonic.

The BIOS release has been validated on the following operating systems:
1.  Microsoft Windows 2000 ACPI
2.  Microsoft Windows XP
 
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Systems:      Dell Inspiron 500m Series
Version:      A02
Build Date:   03/31/2003

The following updates were made to the A01 BIOS to create the A02 BIOS:

Issues Fixed:
1. Fixed an issue involving no display when undocking with the
lid closed and "lid close" set to "none" in the operating system.

The BIOS release has been validated on the following operating systems:
1.  Microsoft Windows 2000 ACPI
2.  Microsoft Windows XP
 
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Systems:      Dell Inspiron 500m Series
Version:      A01
Build Date:   03/24/2003

The following updates were made to the A00 BIOS to create the A01 BIOS:

Issues Fixed:
1. Fixed an issue involving subsystem and subsystem vendor IDs and
the Win2k HCTs.

The BIOS release has been validated on the following operating systems:
1.  Microsoft Windows 2000 ACPI
2.  Microsoft Windows XP
 
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Systems:      Dell Inspiron 500m Series
Version:      A00                       
Build Date:   03/13/2003


Initial release of the BIOS


The BIOS release has been validated on the following operating systems:
1.  Microsoft Windows XP 
2.  Microsoft Windows 2000 ACPI