TITLE: HP Compaq Business Desktop System BIOS (786E4 BIOS)

VERSION: 1.05 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains utilities that can be used to restore or update the 
system BIOS on the supported desktop models with a 786E4 BIOS. 

Several methods for changing the BIOS version may be chosen. Included in this 
package are the following methods:

- Use the DOS utility with a preboot execution environment (PXE) management 
application or to locally update or restore the system BIOS.
- Use HPQFlash to upgrade the BIOS directly in a Microsoft Windows or Microsoft 
Windows Vista environment.
- Create a CD image to upgrade/restore system BIOS. 

PURPOSE: Recommended
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP38794
SUPERSEDES: SP38500
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 2008
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: Yes

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP rp5700 Business Desktop: All Models
HP rp5700 Point of Sale System: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
FreeDOS
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Embedded for Point of Service
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

LANGUAGE(S): 
Arabic
Brazilian Portuguese
Chinese(PRC Simplified)
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hongkong
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Taiwanese Chinese
Turkish
US English

ENHANCEMENTS: 
- Updates the microcode to V1.05. This includes updates to 6F6, 10661, 6F2, and 
6FD step processors.

FIXES: 
- Fixes issue where users were able to flash back to a non-Computrace BIOS. 
Users are no longer able to flash back to a non-Computrace BIOS if they 
currently have Computrace Enabled and Active.

PREREQUISITES: 
None

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: 
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive.  

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.


Copyright (c) 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.