John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:17:06 -0400 > "Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > >>> BIOS version: F.11 >>> >>> 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. > > OK, I will definitely upgrade the BIOS. On the wiki: > > http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?dlc=en&lc=en&product=424074&lang=en&cc=us&docname=c00234553 > > It has a link to Paul Hahn's website and a link to HP. Paul's website > doesn't work, and HP gives instructions, but it doesn't list the files > for the R3000 series. It lists: > > HP Compaq Business Notebook Nc4000 SP28856 Details Download > HP Compaq Business Notebook Nx5000 SP28651 Details Download > HP Compaq Business Notebook Nc6000 SP28855 Details Download > HP Compaq Mobile Workstation Nw8000 SP28370 Details Download > > Any idea which file I need? And if it's not one of the above, where I can get > it? > _______________________________________________
The latest for these laptops is F.35. There is only a Windows exe file to update the BIOS. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-31250-1&lc=en&cc=us&os=228&tool=softwareCategory&query=presario%20r3000z&product=425558&dlc=en _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
