Appendix D System Bios; Restoring A Corrupt Bios - HP T5730 - Compaq Thin Client Troubleshooting Manual

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System BIOS

Restoring a Corrupt BIOS

If the BIOS code on the thin client is corrupt, the BIOS must be restored before the thin client will boot

to the operating system. To restore the BIOS on a thin client t5000 Series, you will need the following:

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An external USB diskette drive connected to the thin client

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HP Compaq Thin Client t5000 Series System BIOS Softpaq (for the product being restored) on

diskette

NOTE:

The BIOS recovery procedure work the same from USB floppy diskette or USB flash drive,

except that there will be no audio, video and keyboard support during the recovery process. The BIOS

softpaq requires that you add the /r option to the Flash.bat file and the Floppy Diskette Config.sys file.

This change forces the flash utility (awdflash.exe) to automatically reboot the system after flashing the

BIOS. When you see "Press F10 to enter Setup", remove the USB media.

To restore a corrupt BIOS, complete the following instructions

Insert an empty diskette into a diskette drive on a working computer, and navigate to

http://www.hp.com/

NOTE:

DOS Flash directory, add Audoexec.bat, flash.bat, and BIN file on the flash drive, boot to it, and

then the Autoexec.bat will run Flash.bat.

Select Software & Driver Downloads.

In the For Product box, type the thin client model number, and then click the arrow.

Under Select Operating System, select the operating system for your thin client.

Under BIOS, click the Download button next to the BIOS you want to download.

Download to your hard drive. The downloaded file is an executable.

From your hard drive, open the Softpaq, then open the Flash Diskette folder and double-click

the .bat file.

The screen prompts: Place Destination disk in drive A: Press any key when you are ready.

Be sure you have inserted an empty diskette in drive A: and press any key to copy the software to

the diskette.

Power off the thin client with the corrupt BIOS.