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Dell Latitude CP tV/xH System BIOS, A13

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Latitude CPt V / CPx H FlashBIOS Version A13
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File Format: A text file containing customer friendly fixes and enhancements information
File Name: CPTX_A13.txt
File Size: 27.33 KB
Format Description
This file format contains plain text which can be viewed with a standard text editor.
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Fixes & Enhancements

The following updates were made to the A12 BIOS to create A13:

Issues Fixed:
1. Fixed issue in which the system may intermittently display a "no boot device available" message when attempting to boot to any device other than the floppy disk drive.
2. Fixed issue in which the system fails to boot to the docking station NIC when it is the only boot device enabled in System Setup.

Enhancements:
1. Optimized the battery charging algorithm.
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Version

A13, A13

Release date

12 Dec 2001

Download Type

System BIOS

Category

BIOS

Importance

Optional
Dell Technologies recommends reviewing this update to determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes that impact only certain configurations or provides new features that may or may not apply to your environment.
File Format: One or more self extracting disk images inside of a self extracting zip
File Name: CPTX-A13.EXE
File Size: 1.08 MB
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Format Description:
This file contains a compressed (or zipped) set of files. Download the file to a folder on your hard drive, then double-click it to unzip the set of files. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
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File Format: Flash BIOS executable
File Name: CPTX_A13.EXE
File Size: 322.04 KB
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Format Description:
This file format consists of a BIOS-executable file. To use it, download the file and copy it to a DOS-bootable USB flash drive, then boot the system to the USB flash drive and run the program.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
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This is a self-extracting file that contains the A13 System BIOS for the Latitude CPt V / CPx H-Series notebook. After downloading, run the CPTX-
A13.EXE file from within Windows ONLY, and it will create the bootable BIOS disk. Reboot the system with this disk in the A: drive to flash the system BIOS.

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