TITLE: HP Business Desktop ROMPaq Firmware (ROM Family PE679AV) VERSION: 1.01 Rev. A DESCRIPTION: This package contains a utility to update the System BIOS for the listed desktop models (with a PE679AV ROM Family). This utility works with the listed operating systems. PURPOSE: Routine SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP32089 SUPERSEDES: None EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 2006 CATEGORY: BIOS SSM SUPPORTED: No PRODUCT TYPE(S): Desktops HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S): HP dx2150 Microtower PC: All Models SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S): None OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional LANGUAGE(S): Arabic Brazilian Portuguese Chinese(PRC Simplified) Czech Danish Dutch Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hongkong Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish Taiwanese Chinese Turkish US English ENHANCEMENTS: - Provides the first release of BIOS for the listed models. PREREQUISITES: N/A HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive. 2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. 3. Choose one of the following three options when presented: - Create BIOS Flash Diskette - Create BIOS Flash DriveKey (the DriveKey must be bootable; this option creates the files needed to be able to flash the BIOS from the DriveKey) - Flash System BIOS Now! (this option enables the BIOS to be upgraded from within the Microsoft Windows operating system environment) WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER DURING THE UPDATE PROCESS! NOTE: After the files have been unpacked, the .EXE file that was downloaded in Step 1 can be deleted, if desired. Copyright (c) 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.