At long last I have managed to do this BIOS update. The BIOS updates suppled for the machine can only be applied in windows 7 or 8. Have tried XP and although the logfile says that XP is supported it BSOD'd on me. I tried FREEDOS but this was time wasting because:- a) A floppy image is too small b) USB has to be NTFS formatted not FAT32, screen just flickers c) After burning the 10MB image to CD and booting from that you find that the BIOS installer will not run under DOS despite FREEDOS being an alternative to windows and Ubuntu. A bit remiss of HP I think.
I had to download a win7 installation dvd ISO, burn it to DVD, boot from this, select repair, then run a command prompt. I had the update file (sp65847.exe) on a USB memory stick which became drive C:. The BIOS flashed ok but ended very abruptly in a reboot and wouldn't reboot initially as had tried booting from the flash drive which wasn't NTFS. After powering off/ on again it then implemented some other changes before rebooting as normal. No change to the touch pad though, still unuseable. Output from above two commands as follows:- paul@tancove-lt2:~$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date [sudo] password for paul: F.45 02/10/2014 Only issue on reboot was a cmos checksum failure which the machine did a reset to, and advised checking BIOS params. Only thing I noticed was that the virtual machine facility was switched off in the BIOS which I turned on again. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1362584 Title: [HP 255 G1 Notebook PC] Synaptics Touchpad not Working after upgrade from 12.04.1 LTS to 14.04.1 LTS Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: There are several similar problems on the forums but seem to be either unanswered or marked as solved with no solution. Have only just bought this laptop and one of it's uses will be to play programs recorded on mythtv from our PVR when away from home, hence reason for upgrading to same release. Have looked at Kernel Debugging Wiki and not sure what is relevant for this issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-34-generic 3.13.0-34.60 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: paul 2101 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: paul 2101 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Aug 28 12:55:56 2014 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-stella-anaheim-precise-amd64-20130424-1 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=116415ec-3f46-402a-a2a4-aebd87698d48 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-05 (175 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20130424-09:51 MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP 255 G1 Notebook PC ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-34-generic root=UUID=f42726b4-109b-4962-ae3b-009bfb6543b0 ro i915.modeset=1 quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-34-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-34-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.5 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-16 (11 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde dmi.bios.version: F.37 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 188B dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 69.18 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 5CG410D2QY dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.37:bd06/26/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHP255G1NotebookPC:pvr088E130000005910000600010:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn188B:rvrKBCVersion69.18:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: HP 255 G1 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 088E130000005910000600010 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1362584/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp