TITLE: HP Compaq Business Desktop PC ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade

VERSION: 1.17 Rev. B
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains a utility that enables the update of the System BIOS for 
the listed desktop models and operating systems. The System BIOS can be updated 
directly from within the Microsoft Windows environment, or a bootable diskette 
or DriveKey can be created. 

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP34851
SUPERSEDES: SP32523
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 19, 2007
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP Compaq d240 microtower: All Models
HP Compaq d248 microtower: All Models
HP Compaq dx2000 microtower: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows 2000
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 improved messaging to inform users when the diskette (floppy) or USB 
Disk on Key (DOK) can be removed during the BIOS upgrade.

NOTE: If BIOS 1.17 is already installed on the desktop, There is no need to 
upgrade with this SoftPaq. The BIOS itself has not changed from the previous 
SoftPaq.

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.

3. Copy the files that were extracted in Step 2 to the root level of a bootable 
diskette or disk. The default location for the files is 
C:\Compaq\SWSetup\SP34851.

4. Run the FLASH.BAT file that was copied in Step 3 to upgrade the BIOS.

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


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