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P/N 89180 Re v . A01 J une 1997 ® www .dell.com Dell ® Latitude ® LM Documentation Update T his documen t update s infor mation contai ned in the online Dell La titude LM User ’ s Guide and the Dell Latitude LM Reference and T r ou bleshooting Guide . N ew Microprocessor Options The Dell Latitude LM is now availab le with a 166-megah ertz (MHz[...]
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N ew V ideo Controller The Dell Latitu de LM’ s standard vi deo subsys tem now includes 1.1 MB of vid eo memo ry . Fo r more in format ion about n ew video mode s and reso lutions, s ee “Using the Display ,” or search o n “text modes” and “graphics modes” in the onlin e System User ’ s Guide . T o see the techn ical specifications o[...]
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Figure 1. Main Screen of the Dell Diagnostics D ell Diagnostics Changes This secti on updates C hapter 4, “Running the Dell Diag- nostics,” in th e Refer ence and T r oublesho oting Guide . Main Scree n The main scree n of the diagnostics (see Figure 1) has been revised to show more detail in th e System Configu - ration area . T est Limits Und[...]
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USB Subtests Ad ded The followin g subtests have been added to the System Set T est Group. Th ese subtests run only if the computer has a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector . • The USB Register T est ch ecks the onboard registers of the USB interface. This subtest does not test USB peripherals. • The USB Memory Structure T est monitors the ab[...]