HP Tc2100 Product Update: BIOS Update Required With New Processor Steppings

Product Update: BIOS Update Required With New

Processor Steppings

Situation

A stepping roll is occurring on some Intel Pentium III, Celeron and Pentium 4 processors that are used in HP Servers.

Affected HP Servers and processors are listed in the table below.

The new steppings require new versions of BIOS

to function correctly.

These new versions are listed in the table below.

Failure to install the new BIOS versions

when installing and using these new processors will result in erratic system behavior.

NOTE

The new BIOS versions are backwards compatible with the current CPU steppings.

CPU’s with

different steppings can be installed together in dual processor systems in either socket.

System

Processors

Current

Stepping

Current BIOS

Version

New Stepping

BIOS Version

Required With

New Stepping

HP Server tc3100

Intel Pentium III

1.26GHz,

1.4GHz

*

A1

4.06.15

B1

4.06.17

HP Server tc4100

Intel Pentium III

1.13GHz,

1.26GHz, 1.4GHz *

A1

4.06.15

B1

4.06.17

HP Server LP1000r

HP Server LP2000r

Intel Pentium III 1.13GHz,

1.26GHz, 1.4GHz *

A1

4.06.15 RO

B1

4.06.16 RO

HP Server tc2100

Intel Pentium III 1.13GHz,

1.26GHz and Intel Celeron

1.2 GHz *

A1

1.20

B1

1.30

Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz

B0

1.01

C1

1.02

HP Server tc2110

Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz

**

N/A

N/A

C1

1.02

* New steppings of Intel Pentium III and Intel Celeron processors not available until after Oct 1, 2002.

** There is no existing stepping or BIOS version because this is the introduction of this speed.

Solution

Update the system BIOS to the required version using the BIOS update diskette.

1.

If a BIOS update diskette is already available proceed to step 3.

If a BIOS update diskette is not available it can be

downloaded from the HP website at:

.

Click on the link for

Netservers and then follow the links specific to your server.

2.

After downloading the diskette creation utility, run it with a formatted flexible diskette inserted in the flexible

diskette drive to create the BIOS update disk.

3.

Boot with the flexible diskette in the system and follow the on-screen instructions to update to the new BIOS version

listed in the table above.

NOTE

Updates to products happen frequently; therefore, printed documentation may have information

that is not as current as the information on the HP website.

Always check the HP website at

www.hp.com

for the most up-to-date product information.

HP Part Number 5990-4560

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Printed in September 2002