Support Features; Flashing The Latest Version Of The System Bios; Accessing The Bios Setup Program; Viewing Power On Self Test (Post) Information - HP Net PC 20 Supplementary Manual

For Models Without a
Floppy Disk Drive
Load BIOS Defaults

Support Features

Support Features

Flashing the Latest Version of the System BIOS

The System ROM can be updated with the latest BIOS firmware. This can be
downloaded from HP's World Wide Web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/thinclientsupport
To download a BIOS upgrade, connect to the HP Web site and follow the on-
screen instructions to download the flash utility programs and the BIOS file onto
a diskette.
For models that do not have a floppy disk drive installed, you need to temporarily
install a floppy disk drive in the PC (refer to "Installing a Slim Floppy Disk Drive"
on page 21) to enable the BIOS to be flashed from a floppy disk.
Once the HP Small PC 20 / HP Net PC 20 is supported by HP TopTools (which, as
of October 1998, is not the case) you can use HP TopTools to flash the BIOS. For
more information about HP TopTools, refer to the HP TopTools World Wide Web
site:
http://www.hp.com/go/manageability

Accessing the BIOS Setup Program

To access the BIOS Setup program, press the <DELETE> key during system
startup. The main CMOS Setup screen is displayed:
To see online help for a selected field, press <F1>.

Viewing Power On Self Test (POST) Information

To view the POST screen, press <TAB> during system startup.

Troubleshooting

The "Load BIOS Defaults" option (on the opening screen of the Setup program -
see above) loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the
BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-optimal and disable all high
performance features.
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