TITLE: HP Workstation xw8000 System BIOS VERSION: JQW104US Rev A DESCRIPTION: This contains the System BIOS for the hp Workstation xw8000 for all locations. PURPOSE: Routine Release SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP24148 SUPERSEDES: SP23752 EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 2003 CATEGORY: ROMPaq SSM SUPPORTED: No PRODUCT TYPE(S): Workstations PRODUCT MODEL(S): hp workstation xw8000 OPERATING SYSTEM(S): OS Independent LANGUAGE(S): Global ENHANCEMENTS: - Adds PCI Parity Error Checking Enable/Disable option in Setup. - Changes System Fan speed if more than 4 SCSI HDD devices present. FIXES: - Fixes issue where MTRR Configurations were out of spec for greater than 4 GB. PREREQUISITES: N/A HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number listed on at the top of this document. 2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. 3. After the files have been unpacked, you may delete the self-extracting file downloaded in step 1. 4. The readme.txt file details the two methods of BIOS updating and the crisis recovery method. Copyright (c) 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.