HP dc7900 - Convertible Minitower PC Questions And Answers page 3

After acknowledging the license agreement, the softpaq will allow the user or administrator to
extract the contents to any directory. The following files and directories are an example of
the extracted from a typical BIOS softpaq:
786xx.cab – Compressed BIOS image which can by used by System Software
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Manager (SSM) to remotely update a system
SPxxxxx.cva – Identification file used in SSM remote BIOS upgrade
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BIOS Flash.htm – Web document describing the softpaq contents and BIOS upgrade
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methods
How to Use.txt – Text document describing the softpaq contents and BIOS upgrade
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methods
DOS Flash (directory):
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XXX_MMmm.bin – Binary BIOS image file required by Flashbin.exe
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Assignpw.exe – DOS utility to assign administrative/setup password to
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flsh.cpu
Flashbin.exe – DOS utility to update and/or restore BIOS
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Flsh.cpu – Hardware specific driver required by Flashbin.exe to
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update/restore the BIOS
BIOS CD (directory):
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BIOS.iso – CD image containing the binary BIOS file for F10 and flash
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recovery
Readme.txt – Text document describing the iso file image
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HPQFlash (directory):
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HPQFlash.exe – Windows application to update and/or restore BIOS
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HPQFlash.txt – Text document describing HPQFlash.exe use and syntax
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HPQPswd.exe – Windows application which allows the user (typically a
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system administrator) to create an encrypted password file which can be
used with the /p option of the HPQFlash application
HPQPswd.txt – Text document describing HPQFlash use and syntax
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ROM.CAB – Compressed BIOS image file used by HPQFlash
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ME Flash (directory):
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Local-DOS (directory)
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FWUpdLcl.exe – DOS-based application to update the ME firmware
Readme.txt – Text document describing FWUpdLcl DOS-based utility
use and syntax
Local-Win (directory)
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FWUpdLcl.exe – Windows-based application to update the ME
firmware
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