TITLE: HP Compaq Business Desktop ROMPaq Firmware (ROM Family MS7254)

VERSION: 1.03 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains a utility to update the System BIOS (ROM) for the listed 
desktop models (with a MS7254 ROM Family). This utility works with the listed 
operating systems. 

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP33252
SUPERSEDES: SP32636
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 17, 2006
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP Compaq dx2200 Microtower PC: 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 where the screen is blank if the desktop is started (booted) with 
the PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse plugged into the wrong ports (mouse in 
keyboard port and keyboard in mouse port). In this version of the BIOS (1.03 
BIOS), if the PS/2 mouse and keyboard are plugged into the wrong ports, there 
is video on the screen, but the keyboard and mouse do not work because they are 
plugged into the wrong ports.
- Fixes issue that occurs with some Maxtor 40-GB Hard Drives where an error 
stating that COMMAND.COM cannot be loaded is generated.
- Fixes issue where a USB diskette (floppy) drive is not recognized if a CD 
that emulates a diskette is booted.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: 
WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER DURING THE 
UPDATE PROCESS!

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 (the DriveKey must be bootable; this option 
creates the files needed to be able to flash the BIOS from the DriveKey).

- Flash System BIOS Now! (this option enables the BIOS to be upgraded from 
within the Microsoft Windows operating system environment). 

NOTE: After the files have been unpacked, the .EXE file that was downloaded in 
Step 1 can be deleted, if desired.


Copyright (c) 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.