TITLE: WinFlash Utility for HP Notebook System BIOS - Windows-Based

VERSION: F.13
DESCRIPTION: 
This package contains the WinFlash utility and a System BIOS image for the 
listed notebook models and operating systems. The WinFlash utility is used 
to locally flash the System BIOS (ROM) on notebooks operating in a Microsoft
Windows environment.

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: sp31666
SUPERSEDES: sp31213
EFFECTIVE DATE: 14 November 2005
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Notebooks
 
HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
Compaq Presario M2000 Notebook PC Series (AMD Processor)
Compaq Presario V2000 Notebook PC Series (AMD Processor)
HP Pavilion ze2000 Notebook PC Series (AMD Processor)
HP Special Edition L2000 Notebook PC Series

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (32-bit)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32-bit)
 
LANGUAGE(S): 
US English

FIXES: 
- Fixes issue where system time runs twice as fast as it should when the
  notebook is running a Linux Operating System with Advanced Programmable
  Interrupt Controller (APIC) enabled.
- Fixes intermittent issue where the notebook may generate a "blue screen"
  error when running the Microsoft Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
  (ACPI) Viewer Program.
- Fixes issue where an incorrect Flash utility message is displayed when 
  updating the BIOS on a notebook that is running the Traditional Chinese 
  language version of the Microsoft Windows XP Operating System.
 
PREREQUISITES: 
N/A
 
HOW TO USE:
NOTE: The BIOS must be updated while the notebook is running the Microsoft
Windows XP Operating System. No method for updating the BIOS while running
the Linux operating system is available. After the notebook BIOS has been
updated, the notebook can be restarted to run the Linux operating system.
 
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive.

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

NOTE: The BIOS version can be determined during the last step of running
the WinFlash utility. Click "OK" to confirm the BIOS update and continue,
or click "Cancel" to skip it.
 
 
Copyright (c) 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.