TITLE: HP Workstation xw8000 System BIOS

VERSION: JQ.W1.14US Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains the System BIOS for the HP Workstation xw8000. 

PURPOSE: Recommended
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP28725
SUPERSEDES: SP27804, SP27730
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 16, 2004
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP Workstation xw8000: hp workstation xw8000 

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Windows 2000
Windows XP Professional

LANGUAGE(S): 
Global

ENHANCEMENTS: 
N/A

FIXES: 
- Fixes issue where a workstation configured with 4 GB of system memory and an 
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Graphics Card only displayed 3 GB of available memory in 
system BIOS due to the amount of system memory that was reserved by the 
graphics card. Workstations with this same configuration now display 3.12 GB of 
available memory in the system BIOS, an addition of 128 MB of available system 
memory.
- Fixes issue where workstations cofigured with both a DVD-RW drive and CD-RW 
drive in some master/slave relationships did not detect both drives during 
startup.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A

HOW TO USE: 
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive.

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.



Copyright (c) 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.