Eero Volotinen wrote:

>
> Thanks, looks like bios update fixed problems. Usually it's a pain in
> the * to update bios on Linux machine, but EZ bios supports bios
> upgrade from usb stick.
>
> br,
> --
> Eero
>
On boards supporting USB-boot, a stick can always be used for BIOS 
update. If you use HP_BOOT_UTILIY.exe  to preformat the stick, you are 
able to run most firmware installs requiring the totally outdated 
'msdos', which nonetheless most BIOS + firmware updaters want.
Probably you need a 32bit machine to install the utility.
You can get it from eg.
(http://es.sourceforge.jp/frs/g_redir.php?m=ncu&f=%2Fwinusb%2FWinUSB+Method1%2FTools%2F
HP_USB_Boot_Utility.exe)

Best Regards,
Harry

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