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‎04-23-2018 12:32 PM

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Product: 8200 elite sff
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I am trying to add a video card to my computer and have read I need to update the bios.  I currently have J01 v02.06 from 06/09/11.  I went to the download section and there is no windows 10 option.  Am I missing something obvious?  

 

Kind regards

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‎04-23-2018 01:35 PM - edited ‎04-23-2018 01:39 PM

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Hi:

 

That model isn't supported for W10 which is why you don't see any BIOS updates listed.

 

You have to look under the W7 driver section and you will find the newer releases.

 

I would not recommend that you update to v2.29 or newer.

 

There is a problem with W10 and the 8200 Elite after you update the BIOS to v2.29.

 

After updating on reboot, it can take up to 2 minutes for the PC to restart.  See this discussion below...

 

 https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-PCs-Workstations-and-Point-of-Sale-Systems/HP-Compaq-8200-Eli...

 

The release notes for v2.31 don't indicate that the problem is fixed by that update, so I didn't update the BIOS.

 

I had posted a question asking anyone that had installed 2.29 if 2.31 fixed the long restart issue but received no relevant replies.

 

If you update to v2.28, you shouldn't have that issue.

 

I happen to have two HP 8200 CMT's in my PC arsenal running W10 with BIOS v2.28 installed with no issues, so here is how you update the BIOS without regard for what operating system you are running.

 

Updating the BIOS--easy as pie...

 

Download and run the v2.28 update below.

 

v02.28 Rev.A

 

http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp71001-71500/sp71294.exe

 

An information page will open.   Read the instructions under the:

 

                                                                           Startup Menu / F10 Setup BIOS Flashing

 

The HP Business Desktop systems provide a BIOS upgrade option through both the Startup Menu and the F10 Setup utility using the "Flash System ROM" feature.  Reboot the PC and press the Escape key to display the Startup Menu. Use the arrow keys to select Utilities, and then select the Flash System ROM option. Alternatively, reboot the PC and press F10 to access the BIOS Setup utility. In the File menu, select Flash System ROM.  Either method requires that removable media be present (USB storage or data CD) that contains the BIOS binary image file in the root directory. The binary image file can be found in the DOS Flash folder and is named xxx_MMmm.bin where "xxx" is the BIOS family, "MM" is the major version number, and "mm" is the minor version number.  To create a CD for updating the BIOS, use a blank CD-R or CD-RW disk on a system with a CD-RW or DVD+RW drive, and write the binary to the disk using any CD-burning software (Windows 7 and Vista support burning data CDs without additional software). If a BIOS Setup password has been set, the password will be required before being able to access the "Flash System ROM" menu. The user is notified when the process is completed.  The new BIOS code will not take effect until the PC is restarted.

 

Get a USB flash drive, and format it with the FAT32 file system.

 

At the bottom of the Startup Menu/F10 Setup BIOS Flashing instructions section, there is a blue link to click on that states:  View Contents of DOS flash folder.

 

Click on that link and the DOS flash BIOS files will show up.

 

Copy and paste all of those files to your formatted USB flash drive.

 

Restart the PC, tap the ESC key to get the menu of options.

 

Select the F10 Setup menu and hit the enter key.

 

Select the File tab>Flash System ROM command, and select the USB flash drive.

 

Your PC should now 'see' the files on the flash drive.

 

Follow the on screen instructions to update the BIOS.

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‎04-23-2018 02:19 PM

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thanks for you reply.  So to be clear I do not need to do anything with the flash drive other than format it to fat 32 before I run the bios utility you linked?  or do i need to put the file on the flash drive then run the exe?  Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

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‎04-23-2018 03:28 PM

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You're very welcome.

 

You have to first format the USB flash drive with the FAT 32 file system, run the BIOS file I posted and then copy the files in the DOS flash folder to the flash drive.

 

You do not put the exe file I posted on the flash drive.  You download that to the hard drive and run it.

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