Accessing Notebook Rom Information - HP Compaq Notebook Series Startup Manual

CPQ-311245-001.book Page 3 Tuesday, April 1, 2003 3:55 PM
The product name, notebook model, and notebook serial number
are also displayed in the same section of the Setup utility that
displays ROM information, as described in the next section.

Accessing Notebook ROM Information

To determine whether an available ROM update is a later
ROM version than the ROM version currently installed on the
notebook, you need to know the version of the currently
installed ROM.
ROM information is displayed in the Setup utility. The Setup
utility is a non-Windows utility that does not support the
TouchPad. For complete information about using the Setup
utility, see the "Using the Setup Utility" section in Chapter 9.
1. To open the Setup utility, turn on or restart the notebook.
2. Before Windows opens and while the F10 = ROM Based
Setup prompt is displayed in the lower left section of the
screen, press
3. Use the arrow keys to select the File menu, then press
4. Use the down arrow key to select System Info, then press
(The ROM version and date are displayed in the System
enter.
BIOS Version field.)
5. To close the System Info window and exit the Setup utility
without changing any settings:
a. Press
b. Use the arrow keys to select the File menu, then
press
c. Use the arrow keys to select Ignore changes and exit, then
press
Startup and Reference Guide—Part 2
Software Updates, Restorations and Utilities
F10.
to close the window.
esc
enter.
enter.
enter.
9–3