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‎02-23-2018 06:33 AM

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Product: HP Elitebook 840 G1
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hi All,

 

Could anyone explain me why after flashing BIOS to the latest version (L71 v1.42) system is being automaically restarted? Is there a method\switch to prevent this behavior? I tried (as for all previous BIOS updates) this command:

 

HPBIOSUPDREC64.exe -s -p<password file> -fL71_0142.bin

 

In log file I can see that restart was triggered by HP BIOS updater.

 

Information|HPBiosUpdate::RestartSystem|*************   End of HPBIOSUPDREC session - restarting    *************

Information|HPBiosUpdate::RestartSystem|

 

thx

Tom

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‎02-28-2018 04:49 AM

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OK, so I found the solution - the key is to use a "-r" switch within your command line and that prevents autoreboot after flashing the BIOS. I don't know how I overlooked this..

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‎02-23-2018 10:09 AM

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Do you mean once the BIOS Update has finished it auto matically restarts?

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‎02-26-2018 03:04 AM

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Yes, exactly. I confirmed this by checking the updater log file..

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‎02-26-2018 06:56 AM

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Why do you want to stop it from restarting after the BIOS update was installed successfully?  is it because you are imaging a ton of machines at once and once the BIOS update finishs they are considered good for use?

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‎02-28-2018 04:02 AM

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This is not a question why I need this, this is a question how to prevent this behavior. FYI - because autorestart brakes my SCCM Task sequence I use to deploy OS. 

 

Regards,

T

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‎02-28-2018 04:49 AM

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OK, so I found the solution - the key is to use a "-r" switch within your command line and that prevents autoreboot after flashing the BIOS. I don't know how I overlooked this..

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‎02-28-2018 11:21 AM

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the autorestart breaks the SCCM task?  i have never seen that before.

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