TITLE: ROMPaq for Presario and Pavilion Notebooks System BIOS Update VERSION: KF.F.09 DESCRIPTION: This SoftPaq creates a ROMPaq firmware diskette that can be used to locally restore or upgrade the System BIOS in the Presario and Pavilion models listed below. PURPOSE: Routine Release SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP24206 SUPERSEDES: None EFFECTIVE DATE: April 08, 2003 CATEGORY: ROMPaq SSM SUPPORTED: No PRODUCT TYPE(S): Notebooks PRODUCT MODEL(S): hp Pavilion: XT276, XT565, XT575, ZE5207, ZE5217, ZE5236, ZE5238, ZE5240, ZE5242, ZE5244, ZE5250, ZE5252, ZE5262, ZE5270, ZE5279 Compaq Presario: 2500AP, 2500LA, 2505AP, 2505EA, 2510AP, 2510LA, 2511EA, 2515AP, 2515EA, 2516EA, 2520AP, 2520EA, 2521EA, 2525AP, 2525CA, 2525EA, 2525US, 2528CL, 2530AP, 2535AP, 2540AP, 2545AP, 2550AP, 2555AP, 2560AP, 2565AP OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Home Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Professional LANGUAGE(S): Global FIXES: - Fixes issue where PS2 splitter caused lock-up on cold boot. - Fixes issue where computer would boot from floppy or CD/DVD ROM when it resumed from hibernate. - Fixes issue where computer did not recognize that AC power was removed when it resumed from Standby. PREREQUISITES: N/A HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to an empty directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. 3. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2. 4. Turn off the computer. 5. Place the newly created ROMPaq Diskette in Drive A: and turn on the computer to update the system BIOS. IMPORTANT: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER TO THE COMPUTER WHILE PERFORMING THIS PROCEDURE! Copyright (c) 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.