TITLE: ROMPaq for Notebooks System BIOS Update VERSION: KG.M1.10 DESCRIPTION: This SoftPaq creates a ROMPaq firmware diskette that can be used to locally restore or upgrade the System BIOS in the notebook models listed below. PURPOSE: Routine Release SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP25341 SUPERSEDES: SP24865 EFFECTIVE DATE: September 8, 2003 CATEGORY: BIOS SSM SUPPORTED: No PRODUCT TYPE(S): Notebooks PRODUCT MODEL(S): HP Compaq Business Notebook nx9000 OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows xp Home Microsoft Windows XP Professional LANGUAGE(S): Global FIXES:. - Fixes system lockup at POST. - Fixes issue where BIOS setting could not be changed to EPP mode. 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.