TITLE: Notebooks ROMPaq System BIOS Update

VERSION: KE.M1.42
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: Recommended
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP27208
SUPERSEDES: SP24351
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 2003
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Notebooks

PRODUCT MODEL(S): 

Pavilion xt113, xt118, xt125, xt155, xt168, xt412,
         ze4102, ze4103s, ze4105s, ze4110s, ze4111s, ze4113s, ze4120, ze4123, ze4129, 
         ze4130, ze4133, ze4140, ze4149, ze4179, ze4195

Presario 1110DE, 1110IT, 1110UK, 1115DE, 1115IT, 1117, 1120IT

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Home
Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Professional
 
LANGUAGE(S): 
Global

ENHANCEMENTS:
 - Supports new battery.
 - Updates CPU microcode and adds Celeron D1 stepping microcode.
 - Adds Compaq 508 Post delay feature.
 - Sets default DC brightness at the maximum level.
 - Changes boot order to Removable Device -> CD/DVD Drive -> Hard Drive -> Build-in Lan.
 - Change SpeedStep default mode to AC - Max Performance, DC - Max Battery.

FIXES:
 - Fixes issue where a specific USB floppy drive failed to boot.
 - Fixes issue where PXE failed to boot on a floppyless system.
 - Fixes issue where Windows 2000 could not install. 
 - Fixes issue where some hard drives caused system to be unable to boot. 
 - Fixes issue where some PCMCIA cards were not recognized by Windows.
 - Fixes issue where system could not recognize that AC power had been removed when 
   resuming from Standby.
 - Fixes issue where BIOS setting was not able to be changed to EPP mode.
-  Fixes issue wher writing a CD/DVD failed with HP DVD+RW writer.
 - Fixes display switch toggle issue with VGA display utility.
 - Fixes issue where CISCO smartcard reader failed.
 - Fixes issue where ESC did not invoke boot menu when logged in with user password.
 - Fixes issue where system automatically entered hibernation again after resuming
   from hibernate and then left idle for 5 minutes.
 - Fixes ACPI error in Windows event viewer.
 - Fixes issue where user could access printer mode option with user password login. 
 - Fixes issue where keys were intermittently unusable. 
 - Fixes issue where there was no prompt for the hard drive password when a hard drive 
   was installed from a different system. 
 - Fixes issue where PS2 splitter caused system lock-up on cold boot.

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) 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.