TITLE: HP xw9300 Workstation System BIOS

VERSION: 2.05 Rev. a
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains the System BIOS image (BIOS Family 786B9) and local and 
remote BIOS flash utilities for the HP xw9300 Workstation.

System BIOS is operating system independent. 

NOTE: HP xw9300 Workstations having system BIOS version 2.00 (or later), must 
be upgraded to NVIDIA IDE driver 553 (or later). 

CAUTION: Optical storage devices are the only PATA peripherals supported on the 
HP xw9300 Workstation. The HP xw9300 workstation does NOT support PATA hard 
disk drives in any RAID or non-RAID configuration. If PATA RAID is currently 
being used on the HP xw9300 Workstation, do NOT upgrade to system BIOS 2.00 (or 
later) because of potentially serious side effects. For example, the PATA RAID 
drive may become unbootable, resulting in loss of data. 

PURPOSE: Critical
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP32382
SUPERSEDES: None
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 27, 2006
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: Yes

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP xw9300 Workstation: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

LANGUAGE(S): 
Chinese(PRC Simplified)
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish
Taiwanese Chinese
US English

ENHANCEMENTS: 
- Reduces acoustic noise with improved fan control.

FIXES: 
- Fixes BIOS issue that causes the Linux NvNet driver to fail during LAN 
initialization.
- Uses Version 229.0525 of the preboot execution environment (PXE) boot ROM. 
This version fixes several LAN initialization issues.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A

HOW TO USE: 
CAUTION: Optical storage devices are the only PATA peripherals supported on the 
HP xw9300 Workstation. The HP xw9300 workstation does NOT support PATA hard 
disk drives in any RAID or non-RAID configuration. If PATA RAID is currently 
being used on the HP xw9300 Workstation, do NOT upgrade to system BIOS 2.00 (or 
later) because of potentially serious side effects. For example, the PATA RAID 
drive may become unbootable, resulting in loss of data.

1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive.

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to upgrade 
the System BIOS.


3. Download and run the SoftPaq Setup Utility for the NVIDIA IDE Driver 553 (or 
later).

NOTE: Look for the NVIDIA IDE Driver 553(or later) SoftPaq at www.hp.com.

4. Accept the option to restart (reboot) the system after the NVIDIA IDE Driver 
553 (or later) is installed.

NOTE: The system does not reboot automatically. Power the workstation Off and 
back On to restart the system after upgrading to the NVIDIA IDE Driver 553 (or 
later).


Copyright (c) 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.