TITLE: HP xw9300 Workstation System BIOS

VERSION: 2.02 Rev. a
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains the System BIOS image (BIOS Family 786B9) and local and 
remote BIOS flash utilities for the HP xw9300 Workstation.

System BIOS is operating system independent. 

NOTE: After upgrading the system BIOS to version 2.xx+, the NVIDIA Driver MUST 
be upgraded to NVIDIA IDE Driver 5532+. (This action is not required for 
systems configured with a serial ATA (SATA) RAID drive.) 

PURPOSE: Critical
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP32099
SUPERSEDES: SP31425
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 26, 2006
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: Yes

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP xw9300 Workstation: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

LANGUAGE(S): 
Chinese(PRC Simplified)
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish
Taiwanese Chinese
US English

ENHANCEMENTS: 
- Provides a reduction in acoustic noise.
- Adds ''dual-core'' support.
- Implements the static resource affinity table (SRAT).
- Provides improved system board power management.
- Adds x8 DIMM memory erratum for AMD Opteron Processors having revision CG.
- Provides an updated BIOS preboot execution environment (PXE) driver.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A

HOW TO USE: 
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive.

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to upgrade 
the System BIOS.

3. Download and run the SoftPaq Setup Utility for the NVIDIA IDE Driver 5532+

NOTE: Look for the NVIDIA IDE Driver 5532+ SoftPaq at www.hp.com.

4. Accept the option to restart (reboot) the system after the NVIDIA IDE Driver 
5532+ is installed.

NOTE: The system will not reboot automatically. Complete a hard Power Off and 
Power On to restart the system after upgrading to the NVIDIA IDE Driver 5532+.


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