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Updating a BIOS

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System BIOS 6. Be sure you have inserted an empty diskette in drive A: and press any key to copy the software to the diskette. 7. Power off the thin client with the corrupt BIOS. 8. Connect the external USB diskette drive to the thin client and insert the newly created Flash diskette into the diskette drive. ✎ Before powering on the thin client, check to make sure there are no other USB devices connected to the thin client. If there are, disconnect them. 9. Power on the thin client. 10. At power on, the BIOS is automatically restored from the diskette. Å WARNING: Do not turn off power or attempt to reboot the thin client during the recovery process. While this procedure is primarily used to recover systems with corrupt BIOS, it can also be used to locally update a system BIOS. Updating a BIOS To update the system BIOS on the Thin Client t5000 Series, download the Thin Client t5000 Series Softpaq (for the product being updated) from the HP Web site at: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/thinclients/software.html The Softpaq contains utilities for restoring or updating the system BIOS on the Thin Client t5000 Series. Included in the Softpaq are several methods for changing or updating the BIOS version on your computer. The tools and appropriate BIOS images are contained in the following Softpaq directories: ■ DOS Flash-DOS utility that can be used locally or with a Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) management application to update the system BIOS. ■ WFlash-Windows-based utility used to locally update the system BIOS on individual PCs through the Windows environment. D-2 www.hp.com Troubleshooting Guide

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System BIOS
6. Be sure you have inserted an empty diskette in drive A: and press
any key to copy the software to the diskette.
7. Power off the thin client with the corrupt BIOS.
8. Connect the external USB diskette drive to the thin client and
insert the newly created Flash diskette into the diskette drive.
✎
Before powering on the thin client, check to make sure there are no
other USB devices connected to the thin client. If there are,
disconnect them.
9. Power on the thin client.
10. At power on, the BIOS is automatically restored from the
diskette.
Å
WARNING:
Do not turn off power or attempt to reboot the thin client
during the recovery process.
While this procedure is primarily used to recover systems with
corrupt BIOS, it can also be used to locally update a system BIOS.
Updating a BIOS
To update the system BIOS on the Thin Client t5000 Series,
download the Thin Client t5000 Series Softpaq (for the product being
updated) from the HP Web site at:
The Softpaq contains utilities for restoring or updating the system
BIOS on the Thin Client t5000 Series. Included in the Softpaq are
several methods for changing or updating the BIOS version on your
computer. The tools and appropriate BIOS images are contained in
the following Softpaq directories:
■
DOS Flash—DOS utility that can be used locally or with a
Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) management application
to update the system BIOS.
■
WFlash—Windows-based utility used to locally update the
system BIOS on individual PCs through the Windows
environment.