Dell Precision T5500 System BIOS

Restart required

Do not turn off your computer or disconnect from the power source while updating the BIOS as this could harm your computer. During the update, your computer will restart and you may briefly see a black screen.

Before updating, please read the installation instructions and important information noted below.

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Driver Id : 8VJHV

Importance : Critical

Version : A18, A18 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version

Release Date : 04 Nov 2018

Download Type : System BIOS

Category : BIOS

This package contains the Dell system BIOS update. BIOS is a firmware that is embedded on a small memory chip on the system board. It controls the keyboard, monitor, disk drives, and other devices. This update addresses the Intel security advisory INTEL-SA-00115. A security advisory is a statement when a product is impacted by a security vulnerability and a remedy is available.

Download Files

File Format: 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.

File Name: T5500A18.exe

File size: 1.19 MB

To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.

MD5: 2deed9a6660069c567949527cbf6baaf

SHA1: 87879339e304e314098f3db45da59facf0804edc

SHA-256: aed0b8ef8d7a2eaab79ae450f79bd6f2ae14e194f64708cb934468a473d08685

Download .EXE

File Format: This file format consists of a BIOS executable file. This format can be used to install from Linux.

File Name: T5500A18.bin

File size: 933.5 KB

To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.

MD5: 0e5f90f760f8b01922d39e83684d8080

SHA1: 095e864ee98117502037c82bfeba094897c03de2

SHA-256: cc3ddbc15ce9fe4b7b76a7b8770a672a79e7c400e02872c87a5647a0e3095491

Download .BIN

Installation instructions

Updating the BIOS from Windows

Note 1: Before updating the BIOS, ensure that you suspend BitLocker encryption on a BitLocker-enabled system. If it is not enabled on your system, you can ignore this step. For information about how to disable BitLocker, see How to Enable or Disable BitLocker with TPM in Windows at support.dell.com.
Note 2: Do not turn off the power or interrupt the BIOS update process during the update.

Download and Installation
1. Click Download File, to download the file.
2. Click Save to save the file to your hard drive.
3. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file.
The system restarts automatically and updates the BIOS at the system startup screen. After the BIOS update is complete, system restarts again.

Updating the BIOS from DOS (Non-Windows users)

Note 1: Before updating the BIOS, ensure that you suspend BitLocker encryption on a BitLocker-enabled system. If it is not enabled on your system, you can ignore this step. For information about how to disable BitLocker, see How to Enable or Disable BitLocker with TPM in Windows at support.dell.com.
Note 2: Do not turn off power or interrupt the BIOS update process during the update.

Installation
Note: You must provide a bootable USB drive. This executable file does not create the DOS system files.
1. Copy the downloaded file to a bootable USB drive.
2. Power on the system and then Press the F12 key.
3. Select USB Storage Device and boot to the DOS prompt.
4. Run the file by typing following command. For example:
C:\ Precision_T5500_X.Y.Z.exe
Where C is the drive letter of the USB device where the executable file is located and Precision_T5500_X.Y.Z.exe is the name of the downloaded file.
The system restarts automatically and updates the BIOS at the system startup screen. After the BIOS update is complete, system restarts again.

Dell Precision T5500 System BIOS

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