Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 21:02:28 GMT From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: BIOS update saga - the end Message-ID: <201211042102.qA4L2Sxx044627@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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I can't find my original thread, so starting a new one. So I bought a spare laptop disk, installed freedos on it, made a usb memstick with HP BIOS updating executable, and booted from it, only to stop at: "The BIOS on your notebook PC can not be updated. Refer to HP Customer Advisory C01457784" So I found this customer advisory and there it is: "WinBond customers cannot update the BIOS" [1]. So not only I am stuck with a broken BIOS, but I can't update to a fixed one either (nevermind the wasted hours spent following HP instructions on how to update the BIOS on my laptop!). I quickly found another thread where somebody claims that HP asked for nearly 400 euros to update the motherboard, "to be able to update the BIOS!" [2]. I was angry at HP for this initially, then I started laughing. This is a ridiculous situation. Anyway, now I'm wondering - I wanted to buy an HP laptop because I've used quite a lot of Compaq/HP server gear and it generally is/was of excellent quality. And the manuals still are of very high quality too. So I wonder, am I just unlucky, or did I want a good quality too cheaply? Anton [1] http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=125&prodSeriesId=3368540&prodTypeId=321957&objectID=c01457784 [2] http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-HP-ProBook-EliteBook/6715s-black-screen-problem/td-p/915244/page/5#.UJRCK1JvmnI
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