Dell Inspiron 5481 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.

Driver Id : XKC3H

Importance : Critical

Version : 2.2.0, 2.2.0 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version

Release Date : 03 Apr 2019

Download Type : System BIOS

Category : BIOS

This package contains the Dell system BIOS update for Dell Inspiron 5481 system that runs Windows operating system. BIOS is a firmware that is embedded on a small memory chip on the computer's system board. It controls the keyboard, monitor, disk drives and other devices. This update addresses the Intel security advisories INTEL-SA-00185 and INTEL-SA-00191.

Download Files

File Format: This file format consists of a BIOS executable file. The Universal (Windows/MS DOS) format can be used to install from any Windows or MS DOS environment.

File Name: Inspiron_5481_2.2.0.exe

File size: 8.01 MB

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

MD5: 2a9ce23abaa85663ec1d5b4ad451770e

SHA1: b5484349556a078b9439f618602b583f6e2c2622

SHA-256: 7349b0e0989e67c98b44723360806b9f319ae99dad78e1d69ed64be05758c739

Download .EXE

File Format: This file format contains plain text which can be viewed with a standard text editor.

File Name: Inspiron_5481_2.2.0_external.txt

File size: 1.24 KB

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

MD5: 3b54f94d0b4e6b556168c353314c934a

SHA1: 8e4569e996062cd45a9f41b4bd9ea86a310413c6

SHA-256: 50da805f552fb912a414c6c9600f934298fb68f6663d5d9366891ccec2d0ccce

Download .TXT

Fixes & Enhancements

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue with Secure Boot Option ROM Signature Verification
- Firmware updates to address security advisory INTEL-SA-00185 (CVE-2018-12188 CVE-2018-12190 CVE-2018-12191 CVE-2018-12192 CVE-2018-12199 CVE-2018-12198 CVE-2018-12200 CVE-2018-12187 CVE-2018-12196 CVE-2018-12185) and Firmware updates to address security advisories INTEL-SA-00191(CVE-2018-12201, CVE-2018- 12202, CVE-2018-12203, CVE-2018-12205)
- Fixed the issue where an Ubuntu-based system restarts after resuming from suspend mode.

Enhancements:
- Not Applicable.

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 BitLocker is not enabled on your system, you can ignore this step.
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.

Dell Inspiron 5481 System BIOS

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Fixes & Enhancements

Compatible Systems

Supported Operating Systems

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