John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:02:52 -0400 > "Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > >> --Right after you power up your laptop and BEFORE the boot loader comes >> up, press F10; it will take you right to the BIOS and show you a lot of >> details about the machine, among them the BIOS version. At least, >> that's what happens on my machine. There is also a pertinent message >> which is displayed after powering up and before the boot loader is >> activated. You should press F10 while that message is displayed. >> > > Thanks! I guess I could have figured that out for myself if I had read > the startup screen. It says to hit F10. Duh! > > Well, here is the info on my BIOS, etc: > > Notebook model Presario R3200 > (PF153UA#ABA) > System Board ID 08A0 > Processor type: AMD Athlon (tm) 64 > Processor speed: 2000 MHz > System memory: 1280 MB > BIOS version: F.11 > KBC version: 32.22 > > Now I guess I need to find out what the latest BIOS is. No point in > trying to upgrade it if it's already the latest. > > --I can tell you your BIOS is ancient. HP changed the BIOS for this laptop many times (I wonder why). Your BIOS should be upgraded to F35 or F37. I think the newest BIOS is F37, but because there were some issues with it (I don't remember what), I decided to stay with the F35. You probably have never upgraded your BIOS, which may be the cause of a lot of problems.
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