TITLE: HP Compaq Business Desktop ROMPaq Firmware (ROM Family 865M05LZ) VERSION: 1.05 Rev. A DESCRIPTION: This package contains a utility to update the System BIOS (ROM) for the listed desktop models with a 865M05LZ ROM Family and the listed operating systems. PURPOSE: Routine SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP33007 SUPERSEDES: SP30464 EFFECTIVE DATE: May 26, 2006 CATEGORY: BIOS SSM SUPPORTED: No PRODUCT TYPE(S): Desktops HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S): HP Compaq d260 microtower: All Models SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S): None OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft 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 Russian Spanish Swedish Taiwanese Chinese Turkish US English ENHANCEMENTS: N/A FIXES: - Fixes issue that occurs after a BIOS upgrade, where the desktop appears to stop responding (hangs) on restart after the CMOS is cleared. This issue only occurs when a SATA hard drive and PCI Express 16X Graphics card are installed in the desktop. PREREQUISITES: N/A HOW TO USE: WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER DURING THE UPDATE PROCESS! 1. Obtain a formatted 1.44-MB diskette and place it in the A: drive. 2. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive. 3. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to create the bootable diskette. 4. Start (boot) the target computer from the diskette and follow the on-screen instructions. Copyright (c) 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.