I see no reason to change the BIOS language to a German. Once you set the BIOS to what you want there is really no reason to change it that often. Dell doesn't give you many option to change in the first place.
Also it would be a good way for these people that are using the notebook to learn some English.
Usually, someone should access the BIOS setup
very rarely, given its purposes and its delicate nature! So an english BIOS should not bother anyone but should be one more reason for someone to ask himself/herself wether it is necessary to enter it.
By the way, I am neither English nor German nor French nor Spanish and I don't feel like I need a Romanian BIOS!
Does the english version that we all download from Dell not already include the German language settings; is there any other way other than to re-flash with a German version; i've not seen a download of that description anyway.
I need a german version, because the laptop is not being used by people whos first language is english.
I see no reason why you would need to defend wanting a German language BIOS.
I went to the German support site, and the BIOS download comes from ftp://ftp.dell.com/bios/ which is where our BIOS comes from, so it is the same one. I do not have an answer how to display in German, though.
Exactly because of the sensitive nature of the BIOS, it would be wise for the language to be that of user running it. I know it may be an unusual request; but as an English person, I would be perfectly justified to ask my laptop to run English and not German.
bacillus
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June 15th, 2004 01:00
any hints why you would want to do this??
Ed C
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June 15th, 2004 10:00
I see no reason to change the BIOS language to a German. Once you set the BIOS to what you want there is really no reason to change it that often. Dell doesn't give you many option to change in the first place.
Also it would be a good way for these people that are using the notebook to learn some English.
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June 15th, 2004 10:00
By the way, I am neither English nor German nor French nor Spanish and I don't feel like I need a Romanian BIOS!
sam.kelleher
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June 15th, 2004 10:00
Does the english version that we all download from Dell not already include the German language settings; is there any other way other than to re-flash with a German version; i've not seen a download of that description anyway.
I need a german version, because the laptop is not being used by people whos first language is english.
johnallg
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June 15th, 2004 19:00
I see no reason why you would need to defend wanting a German language BIOS.
I went to the German support site, and the BIOS download comes from ftp://ftp.dell.com/bios/ which is where our BIOS comes from, so it is the same one. I do not have an answer how to display in German, though.
sam.kelleher
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June 16th, 2004 21:00
Exactly because of the sensitive nature of the BIOS, it would be wise for the language to be that of user running it. I know it may be an unusual request; but as an English person, I would be perfectly justified to ask my laptop to run English and not German.