Year 2000 Statement of Compliance for Dell- Branded Hardware Products
Dell-branded hardware products shipped on or after January 1, 1997, are eligible to carry the “NSTL Hardware Tested Year 2000 Compliant” logo by virtue of formal testing with, and successful completion of, the National Software Testing Laboratories (NSTL) YMARK2000 test.* Dell will treat a failure to pass the YMARK2000 test as a covered event under Dell’s warranty for the product, subject to the normal warranty limitations.** For a complete copy of Dell’s warranty, see the product’s documentation. Dell-branded hardware products will also recognize the year 2000 as a leap year.
*The YMARK2000 standard tests the ability of system hardware and firmware to support the transition to the year 2000 (and to recognize leap years, when appropriate, for years 2000 through 2009 inclusive) and not that of options, operating systems, or applications software. Dell-branded hardware products that pass the YMARK2000 test conform to BSI-DISC PD 2000-1.
**Except for this clarification of Dell’s warranty for NSTL logo hardware, all other warranties, conditions and remedies, express or implied, relating to year 2000 readiness or compliance are disclaimed. To make a claim under this warranty for NSTL logo hardware, customers must contact Dell prior to January 1, 2001. To make a claim, write to:
Dell Computer Corporation P.O. Box 149258
Austin, Texas 78714-9258 Attention: Year 2000 year2000@dell.com
Despite a system’s ability to pass the YMARK2000 test, actual rollover results in specific operating environments may vary depending on other factors including, but not limited to, other hardware, operating systems, and applications software.
Previous Products
For Dell-branded hardware products shipped prior to January 1, 1997, that have an upgradable basic input/output system (BIOS), Dell makes available a BIOS upgrade. Although these products may not have been tested under the YMARK2000 test, Dell believes that the hardware would pass the YMARK2000 test, provided the appropriate BIOS upgrade is properly loaded.
For Dell-branded hardware products that do not have an upgradable BIOS, Dell has made available, as a convenience to customers, the Y2000RTC driver and the Dell FIX2000.exe, software utilities designed to assist customers in managing the year 2000 rollover.
Software
Dell specifically excludes all non-Dell-developed software from this compliance statement. All software run on Dell-branded hardware products should be independently verified by customers to be year 2000-compliant.
The factory-installed software on your system is the current version provided by the software manufacturer and is validated by Dell for installation. Dell recommends that you check each software manufacturer's year 2000 Web site for updates to their products. Links to a number of these Web sites can be found at the Dell year 2000 Web sites.
