What Are The Steps Necessary To Use Ssm For Bios Update; What Are The Steps Necessary To Use Altiris For Bios Update - HP dc7900 - Convertible Minitower PC Questions And Answers

**Note: Unplug all USB storage devices (except USB Floppy drive) connected to the system
other than the USB flash media device that you plan to make bootable.**
3. Insert Startup diskette or DOS Bootable diskette into the floppy drive.
4. Turn on power to the computer to boot from the Startup diskette.
5. Run Fdisk from the "A:\" prompt by typing "Fdisk" and pressing Enter.
6. If prompted, select Yes ("Y") to enable Large Disk support and answer "Yes" to any
other questions that appear on the screen.
7. Select option number "5" to show multiple drives in the system. Write down the
partition drive letter that has been assigned to the USB flash media device. The drive
letter is required to complete step 9. The drive letter should also display the
respective capacity (in Megabytes)
**IMPORTANT: Data loss can occur if the correct drive letter is not noted.**
8. Exit out of the Fdisk program by pressing the Esc key several times until you are back
to the "A:\" prompt.
9. At the "A:\" prompt, type "Sys X:" where "X:" represents the drive letter for the USB
flash media device noted in Step 7 above. Reconfirm that you have entered the
correct drive letter for the USB flash media device. If confirmed, press Enter. You will
then see the message "System transfer successful" if successful.
**IMPORTANT: Make sure you have typed the correct drive letter noted in Step 7 or data
loss can occur.**
10. Remove the diskette and reboot the system. Do not remove the USB flash media
device from the port it was originally inserted.
11. The system will boot the USB flash media device as drive "C:"
12. Any of the supported systems can now be booted from this USB flash media device.
After the USB flash media is made bootable, the Flashbin.exe, Assignpw.exe, and BIOS
image file (XXX_MMmm.bin) can be copied to the media. Boot the PC to be updated from
the USB media and execute the Flashbin.exe as prescribed previously in the "How do I
update the BIOS in a DOS environment?" section.

What are the steps necessary to use SSM for BIOS update?

System administrators can use the BIOS update softPaq with System Software Manager (SSM)
to update the BIOS on target PCs on a network. Place this softPaq in your SSM Filestore
folder then update the database. SSM is a free utility provided by Hewlett-Packard Company.
For information on SSM and this remote BIOS update method, access the System Software
Manager website (www.hp.com/go/ssm).

What are the steps necessary to use Altiris for BIOS update?

This section contains instructions for using Altiris Deployment server to deliver a BIOS update.
This information assumes that an Altiris Deployment server has been successfully configured.
The basic steps required for BIOS update through the Altiris Deployment server is as follows:
1. Copy Flashbin.exe, Adminpw.exe, and BIOS image to the server
2. Create Flash.bat
3. Create the Altiris ROM Flash Event
4. Connect the Client PC to the Altiris Console
of the USB flash media device.
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