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As indicated in the image, this utility will create an encrypted password file required to execute the HPQFlash application in a silent mode on an administrative/setup password protected PC. HPQPswd utility is an application which allows the user (typically a system administrator) to create an encrypted password file which can be used with the /p option of the HPQFlash application. This option is usually used along with the /s option to perform a silent mode update of a PC BIOS on Hewlett-Packard computers which have a BIOS administrative/setup password set. The password file can be named and stored in any location. However, it is best to store the file in the same subdirectory as the HPQFlash application. The HPQFlash application silent mode will execute without user interaction. What are the steps necessary to create a bootable floppy for BIOS update? The BIOS image of some products are too large to fit on a diskette; therefore, the following information would not be applicable to those products. To create an MS-DOS boot disk from Windows XP Professional, the following steps can be executed: 1. Insert a blank, floppy diskette into the PC. 2. From Windows Explorer, right-click the 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) drive and choose Format. The Format 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) window appears. 3. In the Format Options section, select Create an MS-DOS startup disk. To format the disk, choose Start. If Windows XP is not accessible, a bootable diskette can be created using FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org/). FreeDOS is available as an ISO image and as a diskette distribution in 1.44MB format. For your convenience, a 1.44MB boot disk image is also available. After the disk is formatted with either method, additional steps are required to prepare the diskette (see "Appendix A - Modifying a DOS boot diskette for Flashbin.exe" on page 24) before coping the contents of the DOS Flash directory (i.e. Flashbin.exe, Assignpw.exe, and BIOS image file (XXX_MMmm.bin)) to the media. Assignpw.exe is required if PC to be updated has administrator/setup password set. What are the steps necessary to create a bootable CD for BIOS update? A bootable, El-Torito compatible, CD can be created for BIOS update. Most third party CD burning software supports the creation or a bootable CD emulating a floppy, and a subset of those also support the creation of a bootable CD emulating a hard disk. The BIOS image of some products are too large to fit on a diskette. For these platforms, the ISO image must be made from a bootable hard drive image. This is most easily done using bootable USB flash media as the image source. To conserve space, ensure the partition is just large enough to hold the BIOS image. For BIOS images that can fit on a floppy diskette, bootable CD with floppy emulation would require the user to create a bootable floppy diskette such as in the manner described in the previous question. The third party CD software can create an image from the floppy and transfer this to the CD. Once the CD burning process is complete, the business PC can be booted from the CD, and the Flashbin utility can be executed. If the administrator/setup password has been established on the business PC, the Flashbin utility driver must be assigned the password. Assign Password (Assignpw.exe) can be used with DOS Flash if an administrative/setup password has been previously set on the target PC. To assign a password to DOS Flash, change directories to the directory that contains Flashbin.exe and type assignpw flsh.cpu. This procedure should be executed on the floppy diskette files before creating the CD media. 14

Section	Page
BIOS Flash Q&A	1
Introduction	2
What are the files and directories in a BIOS softpaq?	2
In what operating systems can I update the PC BIOS?	4
Will I lose my setup configurations when updating the BIOS?	4
How do I update my PC BIOS in Vista, Windows XP, or 2000?	5
How do I update the BIOS in a DOS environment?	5
How do I update the BIOS when not running Vista, Windows XP, 2000, or DOS?	6
What are the steps necessary to execute the HPQFlash utility?	10
What are the steps necessary to execute the HPQPswd utility?	13
What are the steps necessary to create a bootable floppy for BIOS update?	14
1. Insert a blank, floppy diskette into the PC.	14
2. From Windows Explorer, right-click the 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) drive and choose Format. The Format 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) window appears.	14
3. In the Format Options section, select Create an MS-DOS startup disk. To format the disk, choose Start.	14
What are the steps necessary to create a bootable CD for BIOS update?	14
What steps are necessary to create the BIOS image CD for F10 ROM flash and recovery?	15
1. Obtain a blank CD and place it in the CD-R/RW drive.	15
2. Execute BIOS.iso. This will launch the CD burning software.	15
3. To make the BIOS binary image CD, follow instructions provided by the application.	15
4. Place the newly created BIOS binary image CD in the CD drive of the computer to be updated or restored and cycle system power.	15
5. Follow the procedures detailed in the “How do I update the BIOS when not running Vista, Windows XP, 2000, or DOS?” on page 6.	15
What are the steps necessary to create a bootable USB flash media for BIOS update?	15
1. 6860x	15
2. 786Ax	15
3. 786Bx	15
4. 786Cx	15
5. 786Dx	15
6. 786Ex	15
7. 786Fx	15
1. Press F10 at boot time to go into Setup.	15
2. Select File > System Information to verify the correct system BIOS.	15
1. Turn off power to the computer.	16
2. Insert the USB flash media device into any of the computer’s USB ports.	16
3. Insert a Startup diskette or DOS Bootable diskette into the floppy drive.	16
4. Turn on power to the computer to boot from the Startup diskette.	16
5. Run Fdisk from the “A:\\” prompt by typing Fdisk and pressing Enter.	16
6. If prompted, select Yes (Y) to enable Large Disk support and answer Yes to any other questions that appear on the screen.	16
7. Select option number 5 to show multiple drives in the system. Write down the partition drive letter that has been assigned to the USB flash media device. The drive letter is required to complete step 9. The drive letter should also display...	16
8. Exit out of the Fdisk program by pressing the Esc key several times until you are back to the “A:\\” prompt.	16
9. At the “A:\\” prompt, type Sys X: where X: represents the drive letter for the USB flash media device noted in Step 7 above. Reconfirm that you have entered the correct drive letter for the USB flash media device. If confirmed, press Enter....	16
10. Remove the diskette and reboot the system. Do not remove the USB flash media device from the port it was originally inserted.	16
11. The system will boot the USB flash media device as drive “C:”.	16
12. Any of the supported systems can now be booted from this USB flash media device.	16
What are the steps necessary to use Altiris for BIOS update?	16
1. Copy Flashbin.exe, Adminpw.exe, and BIOS image to the server.	16
2. Create Flash.bat.	16
3. Create the Altiris ROM Flash Event.	17
4. Connect the Client PC to the Altiris Console.	17
1. Create a ROMFlash folder in the Altiris eXpress folder.	17
2. Copy the following files to the ROMFlash folder:	17
1. Open a command prompt.	17
2. Click Start > Run, and then type cmd.	17
3. Type cd\\express.	17
4. Type cd ROMFlash.	17
5. Type edit flash.bat.	17
6. Type the following, where [Altiris Sever Name] is the name of the server	17
7. Save the file.	17
8. Exit the command prompt.	17
1. Select File > New > Event to create a new event in the Events frame (bottom, left section).	17
2. Type the name of the event: ROM Flash.	17
3. Double click the new event to display an Event Properties form.	17
4. Click Add.	17
5. Select Run Script to display a new form	17
6. Select Run the script from file.	17
7. Click the folder button, which is the button to the right of Run the script from file button and has image of a folder on it.	17
8. Select the file “flash.bat” created in the previous section.	17
9. Click Open.	17
10. Select DOS (from BootWorks).	17
11. Click OK.	17
12. The Events Properties Form should show:	18
13. Click OK.	18
1. Connect the client PC to the LAN with the Altiris Server.	18
2. On the client: Access the Altiris eXpress folder on the server.	18
3. Run Aclient.exe as follows:	18
4. When Aclient is properly installed and the system is connected to the Altiris Console, the Altiris icon in the Windows Taskbar (next to the clock) turns blue.	18
5. On the server:	18
What if the PC does not complete the BIOS flash process?	18
What is a processor microcode update softpaq and how is it used?	19
How can a processor microcode update be executed in Windows?	20
What does the BIOS binary image naming convention indicate?	20
Can the BIOS POST splash screen be modified?	20
How do I update the ME firmware in Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 2000?	21
How do I update the ME firmware in a DOS environment?	21
What are the steps necessary to use Altiris for ME firmware update?	22
1. Copy FWUpdLcl.exe and ME firmware update image to the server.	22
2. Create MEflash.bat.	22
3. Create the Altiris ME Flash Event.	22
4. Connect the Client PC to the Altiris Console.	22
1. Create a MEFlash folder in the Altiris eXpress folder.	22
2. Copy the following files to the MEFlash folder:	22
1. Open a command box.	22
2. Click Start > Run, and then type cmd.	22
3. Type cd\\express.	22
4. Type cd MEFlash.	22
5. Type edit meflash.bat.	22
6. Type in the following, where [Altiris Sever Name] is the name of the server:	22
7. Save the file.	22
8. Exit the command prompt.	22
1. Select File > New > Event to create a new event in the Events frame (bottom, left section).	22
2. Type in the name of the Event: ME Flash.	22
3. Double-click the new event to display an Event Properties form.	22
4. Click Add.	22
5. Select Run Script to display a new form	22
6. Select Run the script from file.	22
7. Click the folder button, which is the button to the right of Run the script from file button and has image of a folder on it.	23
8. Select the file “meflash.bat” created in the previous section.	23
9. Click Open.	23
10. Select DOS (from BootWorks).	23
11. Click OK.	23
12. The Events Properties Form should show:	23
13. Click OK.	23
1. Connect the client PC to the LAN with the Altiris Server.	23
2. On the client: Access the Altiris eXpress folder on the server.	23
3. Run Aclient.exe, as follows:	23
4. When Aclient is properly installed and the system is connected to the Altiris Console, the Altiris icon in the Windows Taskbar (next to the clock) turns blue.	23
5. On the server:	23
What if the ME firmware does not complete the update process?	23
Can the ME firmware be restored to a previous version after updating?	23
Summary	24
Appendix A - Modifying a DOS boot diskette for Flashbin.exe	24

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As indicated in the image, this utility will create an encrypted password file required to execute the HPQ-

Flash application in a silent mode on an administrative/setup password protected PC. HPQPswd utility is

an application which allows the user (typically a system administrator) to create an encrypted password

file which can be used with the

option of the HPQFlash application. This option is usually used along

with the

option to perform a silent mode update of a PC BIOS on Hewlett-Packard computers which

have a BIOS administrative/setup password set. The password file can be named and stored in any loca-

tion. However, it is best to store the file in the same subdirectory as the HPQFlash application. The HPQ-

Flash application silent mode will execute without user interaction.

What are the steps necessary to create a bootable floppy for BIOS update?

The BIOS image of some products are too large to fit on a diskette; therefore, the following information

would not be applicable to those products. To create an MS-DOS boot disk from Windows XP Profes-

sional, the following steps can be executed:

Insert a blank, floppy diskette into the PC.

From Windows Explorer, right-click the 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) drive and choose

Format

. The Format 3

1/2 Floppy (A:) window appears.

In the

Format Options

section, select

Create an MS-DOS startup disk

. To format the disk,

choose

Start

If Windows XP is not accessible, a bootable diskette can be created using FreeDOS (

http://www.free-

dos.org/

). FreeDOS is available as an ISO image and as a diskette distribution in 1.44MB format. For

your convenience, a 1.44MB boot disk image is also available.

After the disk is formatted with either method, additional steps are required to prepare the diskette (see

“Appendix A - Modifying a DOS boot diskette for Flashbin.exe” on page 24

) before coping the contents

of the DOS Flash directory (i.e. Flashbin.exe, Assignpw.exe, and BIOS image file (XXX_MMmm.bin)) to

the media. Assignpw.exe is required if PC to be updated has administrator/setup password set.

What are the steps necessary to create a bootable CD for BIOS update?

A bootable, El-Torito compatible, CD can be created for BIOS update. Most third party CD burning soft-

ware supports the creation or a bootable CD emulating a floppy, and a subset of those also support the

creation of a bootable CD emulating a hard disk. The BIOS image of some products are too large to fit

on a diskette. For these platforms, the ISO image must be made from a bootable hard drive image. This is

most easily done using bootable USB flash media as the image source. To conserve space, ensure the

partition is just large enough to hold the BIOS image. For BIOS images that can fit on a floppy diskette,

bootable CD with floppy emulation would require the user to create a bootable floppy diskette such as in

the manner described in the previous question. The third party CD software can create an image from the

floppy and transfer this to the CD. Once the CD burning process is complete, the business PC can be

booted from the CD, and the Flashbin utility can be executed.

If the administrator/setup password has been established on the business PC, the Flashbin utility driver

must be assigned the password. Assign Password (Assignpw.exe) can be used with DOS Flash if an

administrative/setup password has been previously set on the target PC. To assign a password to DOS

Flash, change directories to the directory that contains Flashbin.exe and type

assignpw flsh.cpu

This procedure should be executed on the floppy diskette files before creating the CD media.