HP Vectra VL 5/xxx 5 Product Specific Operations, Flashing the Latest Version of the System BIOS, Access HP World Wide, Web Site, •Procedure for flashing the System BIOS

HP Vectra VL 5/xxx Series 5 PC

Product Specific Operations

The following sections cover the following subjects:

•Procedure for flashing the System BIOS

•Procedures for checking or changing the system configuration

•Procedures for replacing and installing components and accessories

•Layout of the system board and backplanes

•Layout of the Matrox Millennium graphics controller board, audio control- ler board, and the Ethernet 10BT PCI board.

Flashing the Latest Version of the System BIOS

BIOS upgrades can be downloaded, on to flexible diskette, from the

HP World Wide Web site. Following the instructions which you are given, you will obtain the flash utility programs, FLASH.BAT, AUTOEXEC.BAT and PHLASH.EXE programs, the BIOS file, HAxxxx.FUL, and a file called pfmha106.bin, on a bootable flexible diskette.

Insert the flexible diskette into drive A. Re-boot the system. Enter the command of the form FLASH HAxxxx.FUL (where xxxx is replaced by the version number of the BIOS that you have downloaded).

Access HP World Wide

Web Site

World-Wide Web URL

http://www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport

Only use the flash utility programs that are supplied with the BIOS file.

Do not switch off the computer until the System BIOS update has been completed, otherwise irrecoverable damage to the ROM could be incurred.