Dell Studio 1440 System BIOS, A03

The file 1440A03.TXT is using the Hard Drive format and is designed to be directly executed from Windows environments.

1. Click Download now.
   The File Download window appears.





2. Click the Save button.
   The Save As window appears.




3. Select Desktop using the drop-down menu to the right of Save in.




4. Click the Save button.
   A progress meter moves as the download is completed.




5. If necessary, click X in the upper right-hand corner of the Download Progress Window to close it upon completion.






6. Double click the Icon on your desktop labeled 1440A03.TXT.
   
   The Dell Bios Txt window appears

• The Floppy Format is recommended for most users. Floppy format creates a bootable self-extracting disk.


• The Non-packaged Format is intended for advanced users that only require the bootable disk.

1. Click Download now from the Download and install section, to begin.
   The File Download window appears.


2. Click Save this program to disk.



3. In the Save in: section, click the down arrow and click to select Desktop as the location then click Save.



4. When the file download is complete, click Close button.
   Close all open windows.



5. Double-click the down loaded file 1440A03_32.exe on your Desktop.
   If the Security Warning window appears, click Yes.



6. Click the Setup button.
   A black MS-DOS window appears.



7. Press the key.



8. Insert a formatted floppy disk in the floppy disk drive and press the key.



9. Press the key to begin copying files.
   The message End of the disk set appears.



10. Press the key.



11. Click the Start button,



12. Click the Run button.



13. Type a: in
    the Open box and click OK.
    A list of files on the floppy disk appears.



14. Close all open windows and leave the disk in the floppy drive.
    
    Skip to the section Flashing the BIOS below.

If you are creating this disk on another computer, remove the disk. Then insert it into the system that needs the BIOS flashed, and resume the procedure.

1. Click Download now from the Download and install section, to begin.
   The File Download window appears.


2. Click Save this program to disk.



3. In the Save in: section, click the down arrow and click to select Desktop as the location then click Save.



4. When the file download is complete, click Close button.
   Close all open windows.




5. Insert a blank, bootable, formatted 3.5-inch floppy disk.



6. Right-click the downloaded file, point to Send Tothen click to sele