TITLE: HP Compaq Business Desktop System BIOS (786E3 BIOS) VERSION: 1.53 Rev. A DESCRIPTION: This package contains utilities that can be used to restore or update the system BIOS on the listed desktop models with a 786E3 BIOS. Several methods for changing the BIOS version may be chosen. Included in this package are the following methods: - Use the DOS utility with a preboot execution environment (PXE) management application or to locally update or restore the system BIOS. - Use HPQFlash to upgrade the BIOS directly in a Microsoft Windows environment. - Create a CD image to upgrade/restore system BIOS. PURPOSE: Routine SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP34000 SUPERSEDES: SP33851 EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2006 CATEGORY: BIOS SSM SUPPORTED: Yes PRODUCT TYPE(S): Desktops HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S): HP Compaq dc5750 Microtower PC: All Models HP Compaq dc5750 Small Form FactorPC: All Models SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S): None OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Microsoft Windows 2000 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: - Adds RAID storage support. - Splits the current IDE option of the serial ATA (SATA) Emulation feature into two choices: Legacy Mode IDE and Native Mode IDE. This enables users to select the mode best suited for their operating system installation software (for example, addresses some Linux installation issues). - Limits Memory clock speeds to DDR667. - Adds BIOS F10 Setup option to select legacy versus native mode IDE. FIXES: - Fixes issue where the desktop computer stops responding (hangs) when pressing a key on a USB keyboard during Power-On Self-Test (POST). PREREQUISITES: None INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: 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) 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.