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Several methods for changing the BIOS version may be chosen. Included in this
package are the following methods:
- Use the DOS utility with a preboot execution environment (PXE) management
application to locally update or restore the system BIOS.
- Use HPQFlash to upgrade the BIOS directly in a Microsoft Windows or Microsoft
Windows Vista environment.
- Create a CD image to upgrade/restore system BIOS.
WARNING: After installing this BIOS version onto the system, prior BIOS
versions cannot be installed onto the system.
PURPOSE: Critical
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP53611
SUPERSEDES: SP42680
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 2011
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: Yes
PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops
SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None
OPERATING SYSTEM(S):
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 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:
- Improves security of the BIOS flashing process under certain circumstances by
adding a stronger flash process verification algorithm.
PREREQUISITES:
None
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Download the file by clicking the "Download" or "Obtain Software" button and
saving the file to a folder on your hard drive (make a note of the folder where
the downloaded file is saved).