On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Epidemic SomeGuy <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > Or maybe the bios is so badly broken that the "real fix" for this > would be in the form of a bios-update from HP? > I'll look for that too.
There is a BIOS update for the 786F6 systems (which is what I have): http://preview.tinyurl.com/2gxtyu6 Intuitive update instructions are here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/27gfryg The thing is... it doesn't list a BIOS update for Linux. This must be due to the linuxbios that bofh referred to, no? For Windows 7, it just lists the Business Desktops BIOS Utilities (ver. 4.02 Rev. A). For Windows XP Pro and all Windows Vista variations, it lists both the Business Desktops BIOS Utilities (ver. 4.02 Rev. A) and the HP Compaq Business Desktop System BIOS - 786F6 BIOS (ver. 3.10 Rev. A). For Windows 2000, it lists just the 3.10 update. My machine actually shipped with Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, with a BIOS version of 01.09. I'm thinking I ought to try the 3.10 update. Thoughts? Marco?
