HP Dc7900 BIOS Flash Q&A White Paper - Page 3

After acknowledging the license agreement, the softpaq will allow the user or administrator to extract the contents to any directory. The following files and directories are an example of the extracted from a typical BIOS softpaq: • 786xx.cab - Compressed BIOS image which can by used by System Software Manager (SSM) to remotely update a system • SPxxxxx.cva - Identification file used in SSM remote BIOS upgrade • BIOS Flash.htm - Web document describing the softpaq contents and BIOS upgrade methods • How to Use.txt - Text document describing the softpaq contents and BIOS upgrade methods • DOS Flash (directory): o XXX_MMmm.bin - Binary BIOS image file required by Flashbin.exe o Assignpw.exe - DOS utility to assign administrative/setup password to flsh.cpu o Flashbin.exe - DOS utility to update and/or restore BIOS o Flsh.cpu - Hardware specific driver required by Flashbin.exe to update/restore the BIOS • BIOS CD (directory): o BIOS.iso - CD image containing the binary BIOS file for F10 and flash recovery o Readme.txt - Text document describing the iso file image • HPQFlash (directory): o HPQFlash.exe - Windows application to update and/or restore BIOS o HPQFlash.txt - Text document describing HPQFlash.exe use and syntax o HPQPswd.exe - Windows 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 o HPQPswd.txt - Text document describing HPQFlash use and syntax o ROM.CAB - Compressed BIOS image file used by HPQFlash • ME Flash (directory): o Local-DOS (directory) ƒ FWUpdLcl.exe - DOS-based application to update the ME firmware ƒ Readme.txt - Text document describing FWUpdLcl DOS-based utility use and syntax o Local-Win (directory) ƒ FWUpdLcl.exe - Windows-based application to update the ME firmware 3