TITLE: HP Compaq Business Desktop PC ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade VERSION: 1.15 Rev. A DESCRIPTION: This package contains a utility that enables the update of the System BIOS for the listed desktop models and operating systems. The System BIOS can be updated directly from within the Microsoft Windows environment, or a bootable diskette or DriveKey can be created. PURPOSE: Routine SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP30715 SUPERSEDES: SP30145 EFFECTIVE DATE: June 21, 2005 CATEGORY: BIOS SSM SUPPORTED: No PRODUCT TYPE(S): Desktops PRODUCT MODEL(S): HP Compaq d248 microtower: All Models HP Compaq dx2000 microtower: All Models HP Compaq d240 microtower: All Models OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Windows 2000 Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional LANGUAGE(S): Arabic Brazilian Portuguese Chinese(PRC Simplified) Czech Danish Dutch Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hongkong Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Euro Russian Spanish Swedish Taiwanese Chinese Turkish US English ENHANCEMENTS: - Adds support for hard drive security freeze. FIXES: - Fixes issue with bootblock programming that may have occurred for computers with a system BIOS prior to version 1.14. 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. 3. Choose one of the following three options when presented: - Create BIOS Flash Diskette - Create BIOS Flash DriveKey - Flash System BIOS Now! 4. After the files have been unpacked, the self- extracting file downloaded in Step 1 can be deleted, if desired. WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER DURING THE UPDATE PROCESS! Copyright (c) 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.