Flashing The Latest Version Of The System Bios - HP Net Vectra Supplementary Manual

Flashing the Latest Version of the System BIOS

The latest BIOS and flashing utilities can be obtained from HP World Wide Web
site (
drive, the file is downloaded to the system administrator's PC or server and then
to the target PC. The
Windows NT operating system on the target PC.
Using the NT Flasher
1 Create a directory and copy PHLASH32.EXE to it, together with the BIOS
2 Optionally, rename the BIOS file to BIOS.ROM (e.g. HE0100.FUL to
3 Run the PHLASH32 application:
4 A DOS box will now be opened in which you can follow the flash process. The
NOTE Note that a hard (very cold!) reset of the system must take place or the system
will hang during the restart. This is caused by the transition from shadow RAM
to the new ROM.
Using a 1.44 MB DOS Diskette
1 Connect a standard 1.44 MB flexible disk drive to the HP Net Vectra. Note
Flashing the Latest Version of the System BIOS
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PHLASH32.EXE
binary file.
BIOS.ROM).
by double-clicking on PHLASH32
(by default, PHLASH32 will look for BIOS.ROM)
or,
from the START menu choose RUN and start PHLASH32 HE0100.FUL to
specify the BIOS name.
new BIOS will only become active after a reboot.
that the flexible disk drive data and power cables are not supplied with the
HP Net Vectra.
a Connect the data cable to the flexible disk drive.
b Remove the cover of the Net Vectra and connect the flexible disk drive
data cable to the flexible disk drive connector on the motherboard.
c Connect the power cable to the flexible disk drive.
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). Since the PC does not have a flexible disk
file is then executed from within the