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BIOS Release Notes
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Systems:      Dell Inspiron 8500	
Version:      A02                   
Build Date:   04/29/03              

The following updates were made to the A01 BIOS to create the A02 BIOS:

Issues Fixed:
1.	Fixed intermittent hard drive recognition issue during 
	Power On Self Test (POST).
2.	Addressed various audio anomalies formerly corrected by muting CD 
	Audio in Volume Properties.	

The BIOS release has been validated on the following operating systems:
1.  Microsoft Windows XP Pro & Home (SP1)

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Systems:      Dell Inspiron 8500	
Version:      A01                   
Build Date:   03/14/03              

The following updates were made to the A00 BIOS to create the A01 BIOS:

Issues Fixed:
1.	Fixed Universal Serial Bus (USB) legacy keyboard support upon resume 
	from suspend to correct a hard drive password limitation.

Enhancements:
1.	Includes updated microcode support for the Pentium 4M processor.
	

The BIOS release has been validated on the following operating systems:
1.  Microsoft Windows XP Pro & Home (SP1)

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Systems:      Dell Inspiron 8500	
Version:      A00                   
Build Date:   02/14/03              


Initial release of the BIOS

The BIOS release has been validated on the following operating systems:
1.  Microsoft Windows XP Pro & Home (SP1)