Appendix E System Bios; Restoring A Corrupt Bios - HP T5145 - Thin Client - Tower Troubleshooting Manual

E System BIOS

Restoring a Corrupt BIOS

If the BIOS 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, you will need the following:
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An external USB diskette drive or USB flash 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 or USB flash drive
NOTE: The BIOS recovery procedure works the same from USB floppy diskette or USB flash drive.
There will be no audio, video, or keyboard support during the recovery process. The BIOS softpaq
requires that you add the /r option to the Flash.bat 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
1. On a working computer navigate to
NOTE:
DOS Flash directory, add Audoexec.bat, flash.bat, Awdflash.exe, and BIN file on the flash drive or
floppy diskette, boot to it, and then the Autoexec.bat will run Flash.bat.
2. Select Software & Driver Downloads.
3. In the For Product box, type the thin client model number, and then click the arrow.
4. Under Select Operating System, select the operating system for your thin client.
5. Under BIOS, click the Download button next to the BIOS you want to download.
6. Download to your hard drive. The downloaded file is an executable.
7. From your hard drive, open the Softpaq, then open the DOS Flash folder and copy the files
mentioned above to a bootable floppy diskette or USB flash drive.
8. Power off the thin client with the corrupt BIOS.
9. Connect the external USB diskette drive to the thin client and insert the Flash diskette into USB
diskette drive or insert the USB flash drive into USB port of the thin client.
NOTE:
connected to the thin client. If there are, disconnect them.
You can also perform a BIOS recovery using a USB flash drive. From the BIOS softpaq
Before powering on the thin client, check to make sure there are no other USB devices
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