HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP Notebook Series Laptop User Manual


 
Software Updates and Recoveries and System Software
Hardware and Software Guide 8–3
To display ROM information in the Setup utility:
1. To open the Setup utility, turn on or restart the notebook in
Windows, and then press
f10 while the prompt “Press <F10>
to enter setup” is displayed in the lower left corner of the
screen.
2. If the Setup utility does not open with system information
displayed, use the arrow keys to select the Main menu.
(When the Main menu is selected, ROM and other system
information is displayed.)
3. To close the Setup utility without changing any settings, use
the arrow keys to select the Exit menu > Exit Discarding
Changes, and then press
enter. (The notebook restarts in
Windows.)
Downloading and Installing an Update
Most software at the http://www.hp.com/support Web site is packaged
in compressed files called SoftPaqs. Some
ROM updates might be
packaged in compressed files called ROMPaqs.
Most download packages contain a file named Readme.txt.
A
Readme.txt file contains detailed descriptive, installation,
and
troubleshooting information about the download. The
Readme.txt files included with ROMPaqs are in English only.
The following sections provide instructions for downloading
and
installing
A ROM update.
A SoftPaq containing an update other than a ROM update;
for
example, an application update.