BIOS FLASHING INSTRUCTIONS
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A. LOCAL UNDER DOS
B. LOCAL UNDER NT.......Not supported with this flasher
C. REMOTE...............Not supported with this flasher
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A - BIOS FLASHING INSTRUCTIONS (LOCAL)
The following instructions explain how to flash the
system BIOS of your PC. These instructions apply to the
HP DOS flasher called PHLASH.
Use these instructions if your PC runs with :
- DOS 6.22
- Windows 3.1 or Windows For Workgroup
- Windows 95
CONTENTS
A1. Creating the BIOS installation diskette
A2. Flashing the BIOS
A3. Switches
A4. Error messages
A5. Making the diskette's label
A1. CREATING THE BIOS INSTALLATION DISKETTE
a. Create a system diskette (it is recommended that you don't
load any drivers or memory managers that could interfere
with the flashing operation)
b. Copy the contents of this directory onto this diskette:
copy *.* A:
(Assuming that your diskette drive is A:)
A2. FLASHING THE BIOS
a. Insert the BIOS installation diskette into the A: (B:)
drive
b. Boot the PC from the diskette to ensure a clean boot.
c. Launch the flashing command by typing from A: (B:) the
following command:
Flash
A3. SWITCHES (FOR ADVANCED USERS ONLY)
Usage:
FLASH646 ROM_file_name /<parameter1> /<parameter2> /<parameter.....>
Example:
FLASH646 HT0108.ROM /u /r -> does a quick flashing and reboots
Parameter Lists:
?|H|h : Help
B : Force Boot Block Programming.
b : Do not program Boot Block.
C|c[X] : Load BIOS CMOS default values without warning the user about
any configuration change.
X = 0 or NULL, Load optimal CMOS setting
= 1, Load fail safe CMOS setting
Optimal CMOS setting is default
Q|q : Return to OS instead of rebooting after update done.
R|r : Force reboot after program done.
U|u : Hidden user interface to hurry flasher process.
Return to OS instead of rebooting after update done, except
if /r has been entered.
A4. ERRORS MESSAGES
After utility work done, Utility will returns error code for the OS.
Code definition:
00 No error
Flashing has terminated normally
01 Utility can only be executed in Real Mode
02 Memory allocate failure
03 Read BIOS ROM file failure
04 System BIOS or BIOS ROM file is not proper
05 Erase flash failure
06 Program flash failure
A5. MAKING THE DISKETTE'S LABEL
Texts to be written on diskette's label are given in the
attached "disk.txt" file in the following fields:
* Title
* Subtitle
* Version
* Copyright 1
* Copyright 2
Example :
* Title=HP VE 6/xxx series 8
* SubTitle=BIOS disk
* Version=HT.01.08
* Copyright1=Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1998
* Copyright2=Copyright (c) AMI Inc. 1998
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.