TITLE: HP Compaq Business Desktop ROMPaq Firmware (ROM Family MS7297)

VERSION: 1.05 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains a utility to update the System BIOS (ROM) for the listed 
desktop models (with a MS7297 ROM Family). This utility works with the listed 
operating systems. 

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP34862
SUPERSEDES: SP34651
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 22, 2007
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP Compaq dx2250 Microtower PC: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32 Edition
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: 
N/A

FIXES: 
- Fixes issue where the PCIEx1 NIC always wakes from Power On (S5), even if the 
F10 menu option is set to "disabled."
- Fixes issue where the performance of a desktop running a Microsoft Windows 
Vista Operating System is very slow after resuming from Standby (S3) mode.
- Fixes intermittent issue where the desktop may stop responding (hang) when 
entering the F10 BIOS menu.
- Fixes issue where the hard drive LED is always lit when a serial ATA (SATA) 
optical disk drive (ODD) is installed and the F10 BIOS menu is entered.
- Fixes issue where the correct power-loss state is not restored when resuming 
from Standby (S3) mode.

PREREQUISITES: 
None

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: 
WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER DURING THE 
UPDATE PROCESS!

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 or Microsoft Windows Vista operating system 
environment). 

NOTE: After the files have been unpacked, the .EXE file that was downloaded in 
Step 1 can be deleted, if desired.


Copyright (c) 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.