[297] in winnt
Re: Dell Flash BIOS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Macadam)
Fri Jan 29 11:42:15 1999
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:41:25 -0500
To: itpartners@MIT.EDU, ntpartners@MIT.EDU
From: Ian Macadam <macadam@MIT.EDU>
Hi,
Also note the OptiPlex GXM 5166 requires a BIOS update. That can be found on Dell's web site or I can e-mail you it if you require.
At 11:03 AM 1/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Jodie,
>
>According to the Dell web page the OptiPlex GX1, GXi, GXa, CPi and CP are
>comliant. The GXpro needs to have BIOS version A04 or later to be compliant
>and as far as I have found you have to boot up in DOS which means
>installing it if you don't already have it then updating the BIOS. If
>anyone has found different information, I'd be interested to know because
>we have plenty of Dells where I work.
>
>
>At 10:45 AM 1/29/99 -0500, Jodie Higgins wrote:
>>Does anyone know if MIT is suggesting the Dell Flash BIOS fix for Y2K
>>compliance for all of the Dell Optiplexes deployed for SAP? (I have an
>>office full of them) And if so, can anyone suggest how to install it since
>>the instructions say to restart the computer in DOS Mode. Windows NT does
>>not allow that option.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Jodie
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>Jodie Higgins
>>Membership Coordinator
>>MIT Center for Real Estate
>>W31-310
>>Phone: 617.253.8311
>>Fax: 617.258.6991
>>
>>
>Carrie Groves
>Network Administrator
>MIT ODSUE-IT
>(617) 258-0714
>
<color><param>ffff,0000,0000</param>Ian Macadam
MIT Sloan School of Management
Executive Education
Tel: (617) 253-2417
Fax: (617) 252-1200</color>
