What to do if....    

...your product is listed in the Product Compliance table, but has an earlier BIOS version

The first thing to do is check whether your computer with its current BIOS can handle the millennium roll-over: 

1. Download NSTL's YMARK2000 System Compliance Test and run the test, as described in the readme.txt file that comes with the NSTL test.

If your system fails the test, you will need to update your system's BIOS with at least the version that is indicated in the Product Compliance table as being Year 2000 compliant.
You can do this by downloading the latest BIOS version for your computer from our Help Desk web site: select the model corresponding to your computer and download the latest BIOS version for that model. Upgrade the existing BIOS in your computer with the downloaded version. The Installation Notes provided with the new BIOS will give you all the information you need for correctly carrying out this procedure.
With the new BIOS version, your computer will be able to handle the century turn-over correctly.
 

The computers with this status are capable of handling the date in the next century, but they will not automatically change over to the new Millennium. There are several solutions available for this problem, which you can evaluate and try, according to your requirements and the extent of your Year 2000 problem:

1. You can change the date manually the first time you switch the computer on in the Year 2000. The date will continue to be updated correctly and the problem will have been solved.

If you are not working in a date-sensitive environment (i.e. you are not running any program where the date is an indispensable element - insurance, banking, transport, etc.) and you do not have any software user licenses registered via software, you can test this solution by changing the date now and waiting a few minutes to check that the clock returns the new date with the correct century indication. When you are sure that the computer holds the correct date indication, change it back to the correct date.
If you do have date-sensitive software on your computer (i.e. if you work in a bank, an insurance office, a travel agency, etc, or more simply just have the expiry date of your software user license registered via software), then changing the date by hand before 1st January 2000 could cause problems and so you are advised against this course of action. Only if you are sure that a temporary date-change will not cause any damage to any part of the system, can you try this simple test.
 
2. You can fit a special add-in board that will give the computer the correct date at all times. Olivetti EuroComputers has carried out certification tests for the Fernlink 2000 Millennium BIOS Board® and has found that this board gives satisfactory results in returning the correct date at all times. Full details on this board and how it works can be obtained from the Fernlink 2000 web site. 

 
... your product is not listed in the Product Compliance table

If your computer is not a recent model, it is possible that it is Year 2000 compliant even though its name has not been included in the Product Compliance table. To make sure, you can go through the tests indicated below to see whether your computer can hold the indication of the 21st century. 

1. Download NSTL's YMARK2000 System Compliance Test and run the test, as described in the readme.txt file that comes with the NSTL test. If the 

 
2. You can change the date manually the first time you switch the computer on in the Year 2000. If the date command accepts the year 2000 in the year field, and the date continues to be updated correctly, then you can safely assume that the problem has been solved.

If you are not working in a date-sensitive environment (i.e. you are not running any program where the date is an indispensable element - insurance, banking, transport, etc.) and you do not have any software user licenses registered via software, you can test this solution by changing the date now and waiting a few minutes to check that the clock returns the new date with the correct century indication. When you are sure that the computer holds the correct date indication, change it back to the correct date.
If you do have date-sensitive software on your computer (i.e. if you work in a bank, an insurance office, a travel agency, etc, or more simply just have the expiry date of your software user license registered via software), then changing the date by hand before 1st January 2000 could cause problems and so you are advised against this course of action. Only if you are sure that a temporary date-change will not cause any damage to any part of the system can you try this simple test.
If you try and change the date by hand, but the date command of your operating system does not let you enter the year 2000 in the date field, then unfortunately your computer is not Year 2000 compliant.