TITLE: ROMPaq for Presario and Pavilion Notebooks System BIOS Update

VERSION: KF.F.09
DESCRIPTION:
This SoftPaq creates a ROMPaq firmware diskette that can be used to locally restore or 
upgrade the System BIOS in the Presario and Pavilion models listed below.

PURPOSE: Routine Release
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP24206
SUPERSEDES: None
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 08, 2003
CATEGORY: ROMPaq
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Notebooks

PRODUCT MODEL(S): 

hp Pavilion: XT276, XT565, XT575, ZE5207, ZE5217, ZE5236, ZE5238, ZE5240, ZE5242, ZE5244, 
             ZE5250, ZE5252, ZE5262, ZE5270, ZE5279

Compaq Presario: 2500AP, 2500LA, 2505AP, 2505EA, 2510AP, 2510LA, 2511EA, 2515AP, 2515EA, 
                 2516EA, 2520AP, 2520EA, 2521EA, 2525AP, 2525CA, 2525EA, 2525US, 2528CL, 
                 2530AP, 2535AP, 2540AP, 2545AP, 2550AP, 2555AP, 2560AP, 2565AP

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Home
Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Professional
 
LANGUAGE(S): 
Global

FIXES:
 - Fixes issue where PS2 splitter caused lock-up on cold boot.
 - Fixes issue where computer would boot from floppy or CD/DVD ROM when it resumed
   from hibernate.
 - Fixes issue where computer did not recognize that AC power was removed when it 
   resumed from Standby.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A
 
HOW TO USE: 

1. Download the SoftPaq to an empty directory on your hard drive.
The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the
SoftPaq Number above.

2. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file
and follow the on-screen instructions.

3. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the
SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2.

4. Turn off the computer.

5. Place the newly created ROMPaq Diskette in Drive A: and turn on the computer to update 
the system BIOS.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER TO THE COMPUTER WHILE PERFORMING THIS PROCEDURE!
 

Copyright (c) 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.