TITLE:
ROMPaq for Presario and Pavilion Notebooks System BIOS Update
VERSION:
KF.F.10
DESCRIPTION:
This SoftPaq creates a ROMPaq firmware diskette that can be used to locally restore or upgrade the System BIOS in the Presario and Pavilion models listed below.


PURPOSE:
Routine Release
SOFTPAQ NUMBER:
SP24687
SUPERSEDES:
SP24206
EFFECTIVE DATE:
April 28, 2003
CATEGORY:
ROMPaq
SSM SUPPORTED:
No
PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Notebooks
PRODUCT MODEL(S):
Presario 2500AP, 2500LA, 2501AP, 2502AP, 2505AP, 2505EA, 2510AP, 2510EA, 2510LA, 2511EA,
2512EA, 2515AP, 2515EA, 2516EA, 2520AP, 2520EA, 2521EA, 2525AP, 2525CA, 2525EA, 2525US,
2526EA, 2528CL, 2529CL, 2530AP, 2535AP, 2540AP, 2545AP, 2555AP, 2560AP, 2565AP

Pavilion xt276, xt555, xt565, xt575, xt575, xt585, xt595, ze5207, ze5217, ze5228, ze5232,
ze5236, ze5238, ze5240, ze5242, ze5244, ze5250, ze5252, ze5258, ze5262, ze5270, ze5279
OPERATING SYSTEM(S):
Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Home
Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Professional
LANGUAGE(S):
Global
FIXES:
- Fixes issue where external keyboard would not work at POST (Power-On system Test).
PREREQUISITES:
N/A

HOW TO USE:
1. Download the SoftPaq to an empty directory on your hard drive.
The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the
SoftPaq Number above.

2. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file
and follow the on-screen instructions.

3. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the
SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2.

4. Turn off the computer.

5. Place the newly created ROMPaq Diskette in Drive A: and turn on the computer to update
the system BIOS.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER TO THE COMPUTER WHILE PERFORMING THIS PROCEDURE!


Copyright (c) 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.