download the bios update from HP site, run the setup file, it will create a bootable USB key drive. gone the days of using a bootable cd. I couldn't find my 256MB HP usb key drive at the time, so I used my 4GB rundisk thumb drive. well it will wipe it and format it as new bootable drive.
it will rename the USB key as ROMPAQ. plug in the key to the system, upon reboot, the system will update from the USB drive. of course don't yank the power cable off the PC server in the process.
compared with the IBM x3250, the x3250 firmware seems like a xml file. I haven't got time to figure out how to using it. yeah, the bios is not the traditional one, its called uefi, or uEFI, UEFI whatever the fancy name.
here is the filelist ROMPAQ,
Volume in drive X is ROMPAQ
Volume Serial Number is 06F8-E6D9
Directory of X:\
12/03/2010 03:13 108 AUTOEXEC.BAT
12/03/2010 03:13 66,785 COMMAND.COM
12/03/2010 03:13 24,810 IBMBIO.COM
12/03/2010 03:13 30,880 IBMDOS.COM
12/03/2010 03:13 13,671 ldlinux.sys
23/02/2010 13:54 1,397,603 CPQO2702.43A
23/02/2010 13:54 29,288 CPQSRVR2.CPU
12/03/2010 03:13 512 fat32lba.bss
12/03/2010 03:13 45,341 kernel.sys
28/04/2009 10:09 1,246 Readme.txt
23/02/2010 13:54 105,463 ROMPAQ.EXE
12/03/2010 03:13 79 syslinux.cfg
14/03/2010 10:26 0 files.txt
13 File(s) 1,715,786 bytes
Total Files Listed:
13 File(s) 1,715,786 bytes
0 Dir(s) 4,096,057,344 bytes free
here is the contente of the autoexec.bat file
X:\>type AUTOEXEC.BAT
@echo off
echo ROMPAQ may take a few minutes to get started. Please be patient...
rompaq.exe /l:us /!
IBMBIO, IBMDOS looks like familiar? that makes me feel I were going back in time back in 1986.
interestingly, HP put a linux touch on this update package.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
my continued nitemare with that generic P4-PC
its an ECS 865pe-A v2 mb. replaced memory b4 X'mas. still give me blue screen 0x00000050, 0x00000024 errors. MS error feedback suggests that has something to do with drivers/anti-virus.
I think its mainboard. updated BIOS to the 2005 version. no luck. the client said it crashed oftern in skype.
for me, it would intermittenly crash doing Malware scan, or MS essential security scan.
changed memory twice, still no luck.
use Hiren 10.1 CD to test it, it passed the memory (except one - troubleshooter?), mb, hdd, cpu.
I have since disconnected one cdrom to save power for the 300W P/S.
I think its mainboard. updated BIOS to the 2005 version. no luck. the client said it crashed oftern in skype.
for me, it would intermittenly crash doing Malware scan, or MS essential security scan.
changed memory twice, still no luck.
use Hiren 10.1 CD to test it, it passed the memory (except one - troubleshooter?), mb, hdd, cpu.
I have since disconnected one cdrom to save power for the 300W P/S.
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