HP VECTRA VL400 BIOS NIGHTMARE 1

[kes101]

HELLO AGAIN FRIENDS AND THANKS FOR LOOKING. I LOWER MY HEAD IN TOTAL SHAME HERE. I AM ALMOST TO EMBARRASSED TO SAY THIS...BUT I AM UNABLE TO MAKE A BIOS FLASH DISKETTE!!! I HAVE JUST PURCHASED 5 HP VL400'S WITH PENTIUM 3 866 CHIPS IN THEM. WHEN I POWER THEM UP ALL ARE SAYING BIOS CPU MICROCODE NO RECOGNIZED. Ive CHECKED THE HEWLETT PACKARD SITE AND INDEED MY BIOS IS QUITE AN OLD ONE. I CAN SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE THIS BIOS DISKETTE BUT I JUST CANT WORK IT OUT....IT SAYS TO MAKE A SYSTEM DISKETTE.I PRESUME THEY MEAN A WINDOWS 98 BOOT DISK TYPE THING?? THEN IT SAYS TO COPY A FILE TO????? AND THIS IS WHERE I LOSE THE PLOT. CAN ANYONE GIVE IT TO ME IN PLAIN ENGLISH?? THE LINK TO THE BIOS PAGE IS HERE..OW YES AND ONE MORE THING THE FILE THAT I HAVE DOWNLOADED(SYSTEM DISK FLASHABLE BIOS) DOES NOT BOOT THE MACHINE. I'M TOTALLY LOST PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I JUMP OUT OF THE WINDOW!!!!!

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...odSeriesId=32853&prodTypeId=12454&swEnvOID=54

 

[Freestone]

First, next time, please turn off Caps Lock...

You have to run the downloaded file to actually get the files they are telling you to copy.

o Create a boot disk. You'll need about 900KB free on this disk after creation
o Download the file vdf764en.exe
o (I think this is where you lose the thread) Keep the boot disk in A: drive, and run the file just downloaded, telling it place the files in A:\

 

[kes101]

sorry about the caps lock freestone. I have done what you suggested and everything is now fine. Thanks very much for your help.

 

[Freestone]

I'm glad things worked out for you, kes, and you are most welcome.