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.