NOTE: An external keyboard may be connected to the USB port to perform these steps.
●To exit BIOS Setup and save your changes from the current session:
Press the Ctrl+alt+del (Security) button on the top edge of the Slate, or use the arrow keys on an external keyboard, to select Exit > Exit Saving Changes. Then press the Home button on the Slate or the enter key on an external keyboard.
●To exit BIOS Setup without saving your changes from the current session:
Press the Ctrl+alt+del (Security) button on the top edge of the Slate, or use the arrow keys on an external keyboard, to select Exit > Exit Discarding Changes. Then press the Home button on the Slate or the enter key on an external keyboard.
After either choice, the Slate restarts in Windows.
Updating the BIOS
Updated versions of the software provided with your Slate may be available on the HP Web site.
Most BIOS updates on the HP Web site are packaged in compressed files called SoftPaqs.
Some download packages contain a file named Readme.txt, which contains information regarding installing and troubleshooting the file.
Determining the BIOS version
To determine whether available BIOS updates contain later BIOS versions than those currently installed on the Slate, you need to know the version of the system BIOS currently installed.
BIOS version information (also known as ROM date and System BIOS) can be displayed by opening BIOS Setup.
To display the BIOS information:
NOTE: An external keyboard may be connected to the USB port to perform these steps.
1.Open the Startup Menu by turning on or restarting the Slate, and then, while the hyphen is displayed in the
2.Press the Volume down button
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