Drivers and Downloads

Dell recommends the customer review specifics about the update to determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes that impact only certain configurations, or provides new features that may/may not apply to your environment.

The following changes have been made to BIOS rev A07 to create A08:

1. Support 1600x900 LCD screens.

2. Processor microcode updates.

3. Fixed F12 Boot Menu hang if no bootable devices are attached.

4. Update to USB functionality. Fixes system hangs with some USB multi-function
printers, USB disk keys and USB CD-ROM drives.

5. Fixed issues with some video cards that have a PCI to PCI bridge such as, but
not limited to the Matrox G200 or G450PCI.

6. Fix issue with WEEKDAYS auto-power-on function.

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Important Information

• The Floppy Format is recommended for most users. Floppy format creates a bootable self-extracting disk.


• The Non-packaged Format is intended for advanced users that only require the bootable disk.

Installation Instructions

Floppy Format

Creating the disk:

This procedure requires one blank, formatted 3.5-inch floppy disk. Label the disk BIOS.

1. Click Download now from the Download and install section, to begin.
   The File Download window appears.


2. Click Save this program to disk.



3. In the Save in: section, click the down arrow and click to select Desktop as the location then click Save.



4. When the file download is complete, click Close button.
   Close all open windows.



5. Double-click the down loaded file D4550A08.EXE on your Desktop.
   If the Security Warning window appears, click Yes.



6. Click the Setup button.
   A black MS-DOS window appears.



7. Press the <Enter> key.



8. Insert a formatted floppy disk in the floppy disk drive and press the <Enter> key.



9. Press the <Y> key to begin copying files.
   The message End of the disk set appears.



10. Press the <Enter> key.



11. Click the Start button,



12. Click the Run button.



13. Type a: in
    the Open box and click OK.
    A list of files on the floppy disk appears.



14. Close all open windows and leave the disk in the floppy drive.
    
    Skip to the section Flashing the BIOS below.

If you are creating this disk on another computer, remove the disk. Then insert it into the system that needs the BIOS flashed, and resume the procedure.

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Non-Packaged Format





Creating the disk:

This procedure requires one blank, formatted 3.5-inch floppy disk. Label the disk BIOS.

1. Click Download now from the Download and install section, to begin.
   The File Download window appears.


2. Click Save this program to disk.



3. In the Save in: section, click the down arrow and click to select Desktop as the location then click Save.



4. When the file download is complete, click Close button.
   Close all open windows.




5. Insert a blank, bootable, formatted 3.5-inch floppy disk.



6. Right-click the downloaded file, point to Send Tothen click to select 3 1/2 Floppy (a), and skip to the section Flashing the BIOS
   below.

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Flashing the BIOS

NOTICE:


Changing the system BIOS may result in unintended side affects, such as
incompatibility of the new BIOS with installed hardware. If problems arise
after a BIOS change, it may be necessary to return the system to the
original version of the BIOS.

1. If you are flashing the BIOS on a portable computer, be sure that
   the AC adapter is plugged in and the computer is not operating on battery
   power.


2. Ensure that the Flash BIOS disk is inserted into the floppy disk
   drive.


3. Click the Start button, click Shut Down, click
   Restart, then click OK.

The computer will restart
and boot to the floppy disk.

NOTE:

If the flash BIOS program does not
start, and you see only an A:\ prompt, refer to the Readme.txt
instructions. Generally, you will type the name of the executable flash
BIOS. Example: 8100_A09.EXE for BIOS version A09.

The message Press any key to continue appears.

4. Press the <Enter> key.
   The message Press "Y" to replace old
   BIOS with new BIOS appears.


5. Press the <Y> key.

NOTICE:


Do not interrupt the system during this process. Please refrain from
pressing any keys on the keyboard, moving the mouse, or interrupting power
to the system. Failure to do so could result in damage to the system BIOS.

When the BIOS flash is complete, the message Flash program successful. Press any
key to reboot appears.

6. Remove the floppy disk and press the <Enter> key.

The
computer will now restart with the new revision of the BIOS installed.

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Floppy Disk Boot to Disk for BR67246.exe

Download

1. Click Download Now, to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In:
window appears.
3. From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to
select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
4. If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file
icon appears on your desktop.

Hard Drive Floppy Disk Creation

1. Get 1 blank, formatted floppy disks.
2. Double-click the new icon (it looks like a floppy diskette) on
the desktop. The Self-Extractor window appears.
3. Click Setup. An black MS-DOS window appears with a message
indicating that you need 1 floppy diskettes.
4. Press the [ENTER] key.
A message appears prompting you to insert a blank floppy diskette.
5. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
6. Press the [ENTER] key. A message appears indicating that all
data on the disk will be erased.
7. Press the [y] key and then press the [ENTER] key.
The files are copied to the floppy diskette. If the procedure requires
more than one diskette, repeat steps 5 – 7 until you reach the end of the diskette set.
8. After all the files have been copied to the last floppy disk,
press the [ENTER] key and the MS-DOS window closes.

Install

1. Insert the first (or the only) disk of the set into the Floppy
drive.
2. Click Start, click Shutdown, click Restart, and then click OK.
Windows XP Users need only click restart.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

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Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with Setup.exe File for R67246.exe

Download

1.Click Download Now, to download the file.
2.When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP
users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In:
window appears.
3.From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to
select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
4.If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file
icon appears on your desktop.

Install

1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled R67246.exe.
2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or
unzip to C:\DELL\DRIVERS\r67246. Write down this path so the executable (I.e.
Setup.exe) file can be found later.
3.The Self-Extractor window appears.
4.Click OK.
5.After completing the file extraction, if the Self-Extractor
window is still open, close it.
6.Click the Start button and then click Run.
7.Type C:\DELL\DRIVERS\r67246 in the Open textbox and then click OK.
8.Follow the on-screen installation instructions.

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