Dell OptiPlex System BIOS, A10
Driver Id : R19838
Importance : Optional
Version : A10, A10 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version
Release Date : 15 Aug 2000
Download Type : System BIOS
Category : BIOS
The following changes were made to A09 to create A10:
1. Fixed problem with ISA PnP Adaptec SCSI card causing the system to hang.
2. Locked down "TIME" and "DATE" fields when setup password enabled.
3. Added updating the "DATE" fields continuously like the "TIME" fields for Year 2K.
4. Added NIC LSA ROM 0.99j.02 to fix DHCP handoff not finding boot server.
5. Bump OEM revision in ACPI tables.
6. Cmos getting corrupted when SMBIOS disabled the NIC.
7. Reversed SMBIOS UUID bytes
8. Change DIMM error processing to preserve bits for later OS apps.
9. Fixed keyboard hang with scanner wand that attached to the PS/2 port.
10. Fix RTC wake up to wake up on our events, but give precedence to OS events.
11. Remove incorrectly setting of CMOS RSTFLG in RBU code.
12. Smbios Fix to report that the type of caching varies with memory range.
13. Moved mem_ device out of the PCI0 scope to the _sb_ scope.
14. Prevent IRQ1 from getting masked out by the scsi adaptec card.
1. Fixed problem with ISA PnP Adaptec SCSI card causing the system to hang.
2. Locked down "TIME" and "DATE" fields when setup password enabled.
3. Added updating the "DATE" fields continuously like the "TIME" fields for Year 2K.
4. Added NIC LSA ROM 0.99j.02 to fix DHCP handoff not finding boot server.
5. Bump OEM revision in ACPI tables.
6. Cmos getting corrupted when SMBIOS disabled the NIC.
7. Reversed SMBIOS UUID bytes
8. Change DIMM error processing to preserve bits for later OS apps.
9. Fixed keyboard hang with scanner wand that attached to the PS/2 port.
10. Fix RTC wake up to wake up on our events, but give precedence to OS events.
11. Remove incorrectly setting of CMOS RSTFLG in RBU code.
12. Smbios Fix to report that the type of caching varies with memory range.
13. Moved mem_ device out of the PCI0 scope to the _sb_ scope.
14. Prevent IRQ1 from getting masked out by the scsi adaptec card.
Download Files
File Format: This file contains a compressed (or zipped) set of files. Download the file to a folder on your hard drive, and then run (double-click) it to unzip the set of files. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
File Name: Gn_A10.exe
File size: 173.22 KB
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