The following updates were made to A07 BIOS to create A08 BIOS:
Issues fixed:
1. Fixed issue where if certain video cards are
installed in the C/Dock PCI slot then
CD/DVD/CD-RW drives in the dock media bay
are not accessible.
2. Fixed issue where if an LS-120 drive is
installed the C/Dock media bay, excessive
drive noises are heard when the system is
first powered on.
3. Fixed issue where the user is prompted twice
for the password when a 2nd hard drive which
is password protected is hot-plugged into
the C/Dock media bay.
4. Fixed problem where the display brightness
setting is not saved during suspend.
5. Fixed inability to use multi-monitor support
in Windows 2000. This is addressed by
allowing the user to set the Primary Video
adapter to "System" in System Setup.
6. Fixed issue where Dell Control Center and
Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI)
are unable to control the keyboard click
volume.
7. Fixed issue seen under Dell OMCI where the
processor cache information is not reported
correctly.
8. Fixed issue seen under Dell OMCI where the
maximum memory supported is not reported
correctly.
9. Fixed issue where a 2nd hard drive that is
password protected cannot be accessed when
hot-swapped into the modular bay from a
CD-ROM.
10. Fixed issue seen under Dell OMCI where the
system fails to report a critical thermal
event.
11. Fixed problem where Dell Control Center is
unable to set some boot sequence options.
12. Fixed problem where the touchpad may lock up
when docked to a C/Port or C/Dock.
13. Fixed issue seen under Windows 2000 where the
system detects the Network Adapter in a
C/Dock or C/Port when the Network Adapter is
disabled in System Setup but the Docking IRQ
is set to IRQ 11.
14. Fixed problem in which the top of the display
has a small amount of corrupt video after
resume from suspend in certain VESA modes.
15. Make sure to properly report the 'Lower
Critical' temperature to Dell OMCI.
16. Improved ability of the system to restore a
hard disk drive to its proper DMA mode after
resume from suspend. This only applies to
drives that support the ATA 4 standard or
higher.
17. Fixed the issue in which the drive capacity
for some large hard disk drives would be
incorrectly reported by the BIOS.
18. Fixed issue where 720KB floppies cannot be
read if the floppy disk drive is hot-inserted
and 1.44MB media is read first.
19. Fixed problem under Windows 2000 where the
system does not always report the correct
battery charge percentage when a second
battery is present.
20. Fixed intermittent issue where turning off
power during POST would cause the system to
report CMOS corruption on the next boot.
21. Fixed problem in which the system would enter
suspend when the lid was closed while both
the LCD and an external CRT were active
(i.e. simul-scan mode).
22. Improved issue seen in Windows 98 where the
LCD may flash on and off several times during
boot-up and shut-down.
23. Fixed issue where a CD-ROM in the dock media
bay may not be recognized after resuming from
standby in Windows 2000.
24. Fixed problem where the touchpad locks up if
it is touched while the system is scanning
information using a scanner attached to the
serial port.
Enhancements:
1. Added support for Quick Boot and Simple Boot -
"Boot POST" in System Setup.
2. Added support for APM Safe-Shutdown utility.
3. Added support for Wake on RTC - "Auto On
Mode" in System Setup.
4. Added support for USB keyboards outside of
Windows.
5. Added a "Primary Video" field to System
Setup. This allows the user to select either
the on-board video or an external video card
in a C/Dock(II) to be the primary video
adapt