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Dell Latitude C600 System BIOS, A06

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Latitude C600 FlashBIOS Version A06
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Fixes & Enhancements

The following updates were made the A05 BIOS to create the A06 BIOS:

Issues Fixed:
1. Fixed intermittent blue screen error seen under WinNT 4.0 after resume from suspend.
2. Fixed issue seen in Win98SE in which the LCD panel may display a "bloom" after removing an external CRT while in save-to-disk.
3. Fixed issue in which a Mini-PCI NIC may be non-functional after warm reboot under DOS.
4. Fixed issue in which Win2000 may intermittently report that the system BIOS is not ACPI compliant when booting docked to a C/Dock II.
5. Fixed issue in which a Mini-PCI NIC and modem may stop functioning after resume from suspend in Win95 and WinNT 4.0.
6. Fixed issue in which system cannot wake on Lan when docked to a C/Dock II.
7. Fixed issue in which system may fail to automatically power-on with Auto-On enabled in System Setup.

Enhancements:
1. Added support for newer Pentium III processor revisions.
2. Added new thermal solution for faster processors.
3. Improved ability to detect external CRTs.
4. Added new System Setup field to display Mini-PCI card Type.
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Version

A06, A06

Release date

28 Mar 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.
Available formats
File Format: One or more self extracting disk images inside of a self extracting zip
File Name: C600-A06.EXE
File Size: 530.85 KB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
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.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
File Format: Flash BIOS executable
File Name: C600_A06.EXE
File Size: 351.31 KB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
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 A06 System BIOS for the Latitude C600-Series Notebook. After downloading, run the C600-A06.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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