【新闻】DELL Precision M6700,M4700发布新版BIOS，主要针对Win8安全启动
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Dell Precision M6700 System BIOS A08
发布日期： 2013/1/7
重要性： 推荐
版本： A08
文件名：M6700A08.exe
说明：This file format consists of a BIOS executable file. The Universal (Windows/MS DOS) format can be used to install from Windows XP, Windows 2000, NT, Windows 9X, Windows ME or a MS DOS environment.
下载类型：HTTP
文件大小：8MB
历史版本：
A062012/10/25 7:37:32
A02 2012/8/23 6:19:13
A01 2012/7/25 14:06:29
A00 2012/7/25 10:43:12
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Dell Precision M4700 system BIOS
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Dell Precision M4700 System BIOS A07
发布日期： 2013/1/7
重要性： 推荐
版本： A07
文件名：M4700A07.exe
说明：This file format consists of a BIOS executable file. The Universal (Windows/MS DOS) format can be used to install from Windows XP, Windows 2000, NT, Windows 9X, Windows ME or a MS DOS environment.
下载类型：HTTP
文件大小：8MB
历史版本：
A05 2012/10/25 7:04:07
A01 2012/7/27 10:41:32
A00 2012/7/25 10:19:50
Dell Fast Boot BIOS Feature:
The Dell Win8 Released BIOS adds a new feature called Fast Boot. When upgrading from a Pre-Win8 Released BIOS to a Win8 Released BIOS this feature will be set in Thorough mode. Setting this feature in Minimal will cause USB devices/ports to be disabled in the pre-OS environment. If you are dependent on USB devices in the pre-OS environment this setting should remain in the Thorough mode setting.
Upgrading and Downgrading between Currently Released BIOS Images (Pre-Win8 Released BIOS) and Win8 Feature Enhanced BIOS Images (Win8 Released BIOS)
Upgrading:
The new Win8 Released BIOS contains new features and behavior, but the upgrade process for the end user is still unchanged.Simply run the EXE application normally and the BIOS will handle incorporating the new features and logic with your current settings.After the upgrade, you will immediately see that one of the visible changes is to the logo screen during boot, which only displays the logo at a larger size with no other information or text.
Downgrading:
Once a machine has a Win8 Released BIOS running on it, downgrading to a Pre-Win8 Released BIOS requires removing some unique functionality and security enhancements that are only present in a Win8 Released BIOS.This downgrade process described here is specific to Win8 Released BIOS to Pre-Win8 Released BIOS transitions ONLY, and does not affect the normal rules/operations for downgrades of Pre-Win8 Released BIOS to an older Pre-Win8 Released BIOS, or Win8 Released BIOS to an older Win8 Released BIOS.
To install a Pre-Win8 Released BIOS on a machine running a Win8 Released BIOS, you will still use the same EXE application released for the BIOS version you wish to go to.When in Windows or DOS, your interaction with the application will be the same, but upon the machine restarting in order to do the update you will be prompted to accept the actions required in order to downgrade the machine and then prompted enter your admin password (if set).These prompts can not be accepted remotely and must be accepted by using an attached or built-in keyboard.
Due to compatibility of features, and ensuring platform stability, the only way to downgrade is to reset all the settings in the machine to a default factory state as if it had been shipped with a Pre-Win8 Released BIOS; specifically including defaulting the boot mode to Legacy (not UEFI), removing all passwords, and defaulting all user selectable settings.The following is retained on the machine (all other settings are reset):Windows Keys (if present), Service Tag, Asset Tag, Ownership Tag, Manufacturing Date, Ownership Date, and Express Service Code.
Downgrading is blocked if either Secure Boot is on or if Computrace has been activated.Due to security rules and protecting our machines from malicious attacks, if a user wishes to downgrade he/she must first ensure both of these are disabled or off.(Machines that are shipped out of the factory with Win8 Operating System are required to have Secure Boot initially on.)
After running the application, accepting the downgrading conditions prompts after restart, and the BIOS downgrading process is finished, the platform will be operating with the Pre-Win8 Released BIOS you desired.You may then go to the Firmware Setup to change settings and configure the machine as needed.
Quickly Identifying if You Have a Win8 Released BIOS Installed:
To quickly tell if a machine has a Win8 Released BIOS on it, check if the boot screen does not display the model name and BIOS version under the logo.This information, model name and BIOS version, are now found in the F12 menu on a Win8 BIOS.)
[ Edited bysong_1118 on 2013-1-9 10:25 ] =============
然而，7日发布的，到现在都无法下载---都是提示找不到文件；
到DELL的FTP上面转了一下，目录太多，无从下手------BIOS里面最新只有M6600/M4600的。
回复 #2 song_1118 的帖子
帖子标题写错啦 应该是6700 4700而不是6700 4600~~ Posted by waffencl on 2013-1-9 09:59 http://www.ibmnb.com/images/common/back.gif帖子标题写错啦 应该是6700 4700而不是6700 4600~~
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已纠正，谢谢指正！ ========
昨天下午可以下载了；
今天早上在64位Win7下更新：
看下面的提示，A08新增/修正了不少东西，特别是针对Win8安全启动的东西：
然后自动重新启动刷入BIOS：
更新完毕进入Win7，没有任何异常。
等几天安装UEFI Win8，启用安全启动看看如何------以前A06之下是问题多多的，看解决没有。
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