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

Dell Latitude C800 System BIOS, A17

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Latitude C800 FlashBIOS Version A17
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Fixes & Enhancements

The following updates were made to the A13 & A16 BIOS to create A17:

Issues Fixed:
1. Fixed issue in which the system may intermittently display a "no boot device available" message when attempting to boot to any device other than the floppy disk drive.
2. Fixed issue seen under WinME in which the system may not resume from suspend to the correct display(s) when an external CRT is attached.
3. Fixed audio stuttering heard when the fans turn on or off while playing music or videos.
4. Fixed "Unsafe Device Removal" warning message seen under Win2K after removing an IDE device or swapping from an IDE device to a battery.
5. Fixed issue seen under Win2K in which the LCD may fail to turn off when the lid is closed.

Enhancements:
1. Added additional optimizations to the battery charging algorithm.
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Version

A17, A17

Release date

25 Sep 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: ZipPack External
File Name: A17C800.EXE
File Size: 2.23 MB
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, and then run (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.
MD5:
Not available
SHA1:
Not available
SHA-256:
Not available
File Format: One or more self extracting disk images inside of a self extracting zip
File Name: C800-A17.EXE
File Size: 517 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.
MD5:
Not available
SHA1:
Not available
SHA-256:
Not available
File Format: Flash BIOS executable
File Name: C800_A17.EXE
File Size: 339.13 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.
MD5:
Not available
SHA1:
Not available
SHA-256:
Not available
File Format: A text file containing customer friendly fixes and enhancements information
File Name: C800_A17.TXT
File Size: 18.64 KB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This file format contains plain text which can be viewed with a standard text editor.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
Not available
SHA1:
Not available
SHA-256:
Not available

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For your convenience, there are 2 ways to upgrade your system BIOS,
depending on the file you download.

1. Floppy disk method
- Download the file named C800-A17.EXE.
- After downloading, run the C800-A17.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.

2. Floppyless method
- NOTE: This method still may ask you to insert a floppy disk, depending
the to revision of BIOS currently installed on the system.
- Download the file named A17C800.EXE.
- After downloading, run the A17C800.EXE file from within Windows ONLY.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to upgrade your BIOS.

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