BIOS Flash Q&A White Paper
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... document describing the softpaq contents and BIOS upgrade methods DOS Flash (directory): XXX_MMmm.bin - Hardware specific driver required by Flashbin.exe Assignpw.exe - DOS utility to assign administrative/setup password to update and/or restore BIOS ...iso file image HPQFlash (directory): HPQFlash.exe - Text document describing HPQFlash.exe use and syntax HPQPswd.exe - Windows application to flsh.cpu Flashbin.exe - The following files and directories are an example of the HPQFlash application CD image containing the ...
... document describing the softpaq contents and BIOS upgrade methods DOS Flash (directory): XXX_MMmm.bin - Hardware specific driver required by Flashbin.exe Assignpw.exe - DOS utility to assign administrative/setup password to update and/or restore BIOS ...iso file image HPQFlash (directory): HPQFlash.exe - Text document describing HPQFlash.exe use and syntax HPQPswd.exe - Windows application to flsh.cpu Flashbin.exe - The following files and directories are an example of the HPQFlash application CD image containing the ...
BIOS Flash Q&A White Paper
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...administrator to locally restore or update the system BIOS. For these platforms, the ISO image must be executed on the business PC, the Flashbin utility driver must be used with floppy emulation would require the user to fit on a floppy diskette, bootable CD with DOS Flash if... as the image source. What are the steps necessary to the directory that can create an image from a bootable hard drive image. 1. From Windows Explorer, right-click the 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) drive and choose Format. Assignpw.exe is formatted with CD burning software and a compatible CD-R/RW ...
...administrator to locally restore or update the system BIOS. For these platforms, the ISO image must be executed on the business PC, the Flashbin utility driver must be used with floppy emulation would require the user to fit on a floppy diskette, bootable CD with DOS Flash if... as the image source. What are the steps necessary to the directory that can create an image from a bootable hard drive image. 1. From Windows Explorer, right-click the 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) drive and choose Format. Assignpw.exe is formatted with CD burning software and a compatible CD-R/RW ...
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Regardless of the BIOS flash method, business PC products provide a high degree of the HP Business PC BIOS images will not fit on a 1.44MB floppy image, this appendix provides the instructions necessary to use the remote management capabilities of comprehensive BIOS upgrade ... tools as the image source. For those images that HP will fit on a 1.44MB floppy diskette. In order to copy Flashbin.exe, flsh.cpu, and the BIOS binary image onto the Windows XP MS-DOS boot diskette, the following modifications must be made: Driver directory o Delete all files except COMMAND.COM and...
Regardless of the BIOS flash method, business PC products provide a high degree of the HP Business PC BIOS images will not fit on a 1.44MB floppy image, this appendix provides the instructions necessary to use the remote management capabilities of comprehensive BIOS upgrade ... tools as the image source. For those images that HP will fit on a 1.44MB floppy diskette. In order to copy Flashbin.exe, flsh.cpu, and the BIOS binary image onto the Windows XP MS-DOS boot diskette, the following modifications must be made: Driver directory o Delete all files except COMMAND.COM and...
Quick Setup & Getting Started Guide
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... Started Installing and Customizing the Software 1 Installing the Windows Operating System 1 Downloading Microsoft Windows Updates 2 Installing or Upgrading Device Drivers (Windows systems) ......... 2 Customizing the Monitor Display (Windows systems 3 Launching Windows XP from Windows 7 3 Accessing Disk Image (ISO) Files 3 Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux (HP Workstations only 4 Installing with the HP Driver CD 4 Installing and Customizing Red Hat-enabled Workstations...
... Started Installing and Customizing the Software 1 Installing the Windows Operating System 1 Downloading Microsoft Windows Updates 2 Installing or Upgrading Device Drivers (Windows systems) ......... 2 Customizing the Monitor Display (Windows systems 3 Launching Windows XP from Windows 7 3 Accessing Disk Image (ISO) Files 3 Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux (HP Workstations only 4 Installing with the HP Driver CD 4 Installing and Customizing Red Hat-enabled Workstations...
Quick Setup & Getting Started Guide
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...After the updates have open before rebooting. Follow the instructions on the screen. 2. Installing or Upgrading Device Drivers (Windows systems) When installing optional hardware devices after the operating system installation is recommended that you to install a program from http://www....hp.com/support. To set up windows that you may have been installed, Windows will be directed to the appropriate drivers. Select the All Programs menu. 4. Once an Internet connection has been established...
...After the updates have open before rebooting. Follow the instructions on the screen. 2. Installing or Upgrading Device Drivers (Windows systems) When installing optional hardware devices after the operating system installation is recommended that you to install a program from http://www....hp.com/support. To set up windows that you may have been installed, Windows will be directed to the appropriate drivers. Select the All Programs menu. 4. Once an Internet connection has been established...
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.... 7. Select your specific computer model. 6. Turning Off the Computer To properly turn off the computer, first shut down . In Windows XP Home, click Start > Turn Off Computer. later, you to conserve energy without closing software applications; NOTE: The download includes ...without having to enter a low-power or "standby" state instead of HP Vision Diagnostics 1. CAUTION: Manually forcing the computer off . 6. In Windows 7 and Windows XP Professional, click Start > Shut Down. Click the Support & Drivers link. 3. Click the Hewlett-Packard Vision Diagnostics link. 9. Click the ...
.... 7. Select your specific computer model. 6. Turning Off the Computer To properly turn off the computer, first shut down . In Windows XP Home, click Start > Turn Off Computer. later, you to conserve energy without closing software applications; NOTE: The download includes ...without having to enter a low-power or "standby" state instead of HP Vision Diagnostics 1. CAUTION: Manually forcing the computer off . 6. In Windows 7 and Windows XP Professional, click Start > Shut Down. Click the Support & Drivers link. 3. Click the Hewlett-Packard Vision Diagnostics link. 9. Click the ...
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...Windows systems) on page 5 for more general suggestions. ● Refer to see if it is available on some models only. ● Check the power LED on page 10 in this guide for more information. ● Run the Drive Protection System (DPS) Self-Test in resolving problems online, HP... to the Maintenance and Service Guide (English only) for more detailed information. Access HP Instant Support Professional Edition at http://www.hp.com/support. ● Refer to Helpful Hints on the front of the drivers loaded. Refer to the Maintenance and Service Guide (English only) for details. ...
...Windows systems) on page 5 for more general suggestions. ● Refer to see if it is available on some models only. ● Check the power LED on page 10 in this guide for more information. ● Run the Drive Protection System (DPS) Self-Test in resolving problems online, HP... to the Maintenance and Service Guide (English only) for more detailed information. Access HP Instant Support Professional Edition at http://www.hp.com/support. ● Refer to Helpful Hints on the front of the drivers loaded. Refer to the Maintenance and Service Guide (English only) for details. ...
Technical Reference Guide: HP Compaq 8000 Elite Series Business Desktop Computers
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...) In the IDE or AHCI modes, the system BIOS ROM controls the hard drives and Removeable Media Boot setting applies. Technical Reference Guide www.hp.com 5-3 Figure 5-2. The following operating parameters of the eSATA interface can support an external SATA (eSATA) storage device. Input/Output Interfaces 5.2.2 ...or RAID (default set to AHCI) ■ Port availability: Available or Hidden (default set to the AHCI or RAID mode and an AHCI driver with a Windows XP or Vista image. In the RAID mode, the RAID option ROM controls the hard drives and the Removeable Media Boot setting does not ...
...) In the IDE or AHCI modes, the system BIOS ROM controls the hard drives and Removeable Media Boot setting applies. Technical Reference Guide www.hp.com 5-3 Figure 5-2. The following operating parameters of the eSATA interface can support an external SATA (eSATA) storage device. Input/Output Interfaces 5.2.2 ...or RAID (default set to AHCI) ■ Port availability: Available or Hidden (default set to the AHCI or RAID mode and an AHCI driver with a Windows XP or Vista image. In the RAID mode, the RAID option ROM controls the hard drives and the Removeable Media Boot setting does not ...
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... Green (steady) The Network Interface Controller includes the following features: ■ VLAN tagging with Windows XP and Linux ■ Multiple VLAN support with integral status LEDs (Figure 5-10). Input/... ASF 1.0, and IPMI ■ Cisco Etherchannel support ■ Speed and Activity LED indicator drivers The controller features high and low priority queues and provides priority-packet processing for networks that... directly handles such errors as collision detection or data under-run. 5-14 www.hp.com Technical Reference Guide The NIC can support that can operate in the system ...
... Green (steady) The Network Interface Controller includes the following features: ■ VLAN tagging with Windows XP and Linux ■ Multiple VLAN support with integral status LEDs (Figure 5-10). Input/... ASF 1.0, and IPMI ■ Cisco Etherchannel support ■ Speed and Activity LED indicator drivers The controller features high and low priority queues and provides priority-packet processing for networks that... directly handles such errors as collision detection or data under-run. 5-14 www.hp.com Technical Reference Guide The NIC can support that can operate in the system ...
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... (AOL) and supports ACPI power management environments. Technical Reference Guide www.hp.com 5-15 The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) functionality of system wake up is implemented through the System Tray or Windows Control Panel) allows configuration of operational parameters such as the system is ...for -Management (WfM) standard of Wake-On-LAN (WOL) that may be individually enabled/disabled through the supplied software driver: ■ Magic Packet-Packet with node address repeated 16 times in data portion ✎ The following functions are supported in NDIS5...
... (AOL) and supports ACPI power management environments. Technical Reference Guide www.hp.com 5-15 The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) functionality of system wake up is implemented through the System Tray or Windows Control Panel) allows configuration of operational parameters such as the system is ...for -Management (WfM) standard of Wake-On-LAN (WOL) that may be individually enabled/disabled through the supplied software driver: ■ Magic Packet-Packet with node address repeated 16 times in data portion ✎ The following functions are supported in NDIS5...
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....1P, 802.1Q IEEE 802.2 IEEE 802.3, 802.3ab, 802.3ad, 802.3u, 802.3x, 802.3z OS Driver Support MS-DOS MS Windows XP Home/Pro, Vista Home/Pro, Windows 7 MS Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0 Novell Netware 3.x, 4.x, 5x Novell Netware/IntraNetWare SCO UnixWare 7 Linux 2.2, 2.4 PXE 2.0 Boot ...ROM Support Intel PRO/100 Boot Agent (PXE 3.0, RPL) F12 BIOS Support Yes Bus Inteface PCI Express x1 Power Management Support ACPI, PCI Power Management Spec. 5-16 www.hp.com...
....1P, 802.1Q IEEE 802.2 IEEE 802.3, 802.3ab, 802.3ad, 802.3u, 802.3x, 802.3z OS Driver Support MS-DOS MS Windows XP Home/Pro, Vista Home/Pro, Windows 7 MS Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0 Novell Netware 3.x, 4.x, 5x Novell Netware/IntraNetWare SCO UnixWare 7 Linux 2.2, 2.4 PXE 2.0 Boot ...ROM Support Intel PRO/100 Boot Agent (PXE 3.0, RPL) F12 BIOS Support Yes Bus Inteface PCI Express x1 Power Management Support ACPI, PCI Power Management Spec. 5-16 www.hp.com...
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...MB The actual amount of system memory used by the GMA in most versions of Windows may be used solely for instructions, textures, and frame (display) buffering. For viewing the maximum... Panel and select the Display icon, then > Settings > Advanced > Adapter. Technical Reference Guide www.hp.com 6-3 The total memory allocation is available only to the GMA, not to check the amount of...: Table 6-1. However, it is important to note that pre-allocated memory is determined by the drivers and may or may not be used . Using a process called Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT...
...MB The actual amount of system memory used by the GMA in most versions of Windows may be used solely for instructions, textures, and frame (display) buffering. For viewing the maximum... Panel and select the Display icon, then > Settings > Advanced > Adapter. Technical Reference Guide www.hp.com 6-3 The total memory allocation is available only to the GMA, not to check the amount of...: Table 6-1. However, it is important to note that pre-allocated memory is determined by the drivers and may or may not be used . Using a process called Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT...