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10-31-2019 11:17 AM
Hi:
The latest BIOS update for the d530 is this one...
2.44 Aug 14, 2008
https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp40001-40500/sp40411.exe
I would make the bootable floppy disk using the utility because the Windows based flash was not written to be run in W7.
The microcode update is 1.09 Nov 11, 2005, and the only way to install it is to make the bootable floppy disk.
https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp31501-32000/sp31629.exe
But as I discussed with you earlier, neither may fix the microcode error you are getting with the 1 MB L2 processor cache.
The PC was designed to only run the Pentium 4 processors with the 512 KB L2 cache.
10-31-2019 11:22 AM - edited 10-31-2019 11:23 AM
So I can install both BIOS?
That is what I am actually working on(the stuff I am compiling) cause I realized something odd
I will post it in a few days
Wow, not even USB
What system information tool can you recommend if you want to know more about the hardware in your PC?
10-31-2019 11:24 AM
Hi:
Yes, you can install them both.
I did on mine.
Yes, you MUST use a USB FDD.
I even tried to trick the PC by making a bootable USB drive and labeling it A:\ like a floppy drive is named, and it wouldn't work.
11-14-2019 06:39 AM
This one which I have already posted before.
https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp40001-40500/sp40411.exe
And also remember what I wrote before...
I would make the bootable floppy disk using the utility because the Windows based flash was not written to be run in W7.
11-14-2019 07:15 AM
I tried but it did not work, when I booted from the floppy disk there was only a blinking underscore
Now when I try to read a floppy Disk from the drive it says A:\ is not available.The disk in drive A is not formatted