HP 250 G7 notebook PC :: BIOS Upgrade - need download links

[naYss_original]

hi everyone,

I have the HP 250 G7 Notebook PC. Actually there is BIOS version F.16 installed.

At the product support page I only get BIOS from version F.30 up to latest, so I have a missing range up to F.29 (including F.29).

Can anyone please provide me all download links to get all BIOS for this device ?

Thank you,

Alex

[erico]

Here is the web document.

Click on the down arrow next to Revision History.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/swdetails/hp-250-g7-notebook-pc/24381316/swItemId/ob-323990-1

[naYss_original]

hello Erico,

thank you - but this exactly shows the same problem : the BIOS download 'starts' at version F.30.

Actually version F.16 is installed - that's a hughe gap... so I prefer to upgrade step by step (version by version)...

Too many devices I lost in past by upgrading simply to the latest version... most of them just stuck during the upgrade process, the rest never came up to life ever again...

thank you for your efforts... !

best regards, Alex

[erico]

That is what is available.

If you can identify the BIOS family, I might be able to help you.

I extracted a couple of them and see that it is an Insyde BIOS. I could not find a BIOS family name.

You may be stuck with what is available.

[naYss_original]

hello Erico,

thank you for your help so far. I really appreciate that !

I try to identify the BIOS family and will return here, as soon as I did it...

Best regards,

Alex

[erico]

I suggest checking inside of the BIOS in the system information section or using an enthusiast utility, such as HWINFO64.

[naYss_original]

hello Erico,

thank you for waiting. but I had a problem entering my BIOS suddenly. but finally I managed to get into BIOS again after the BIOS told me surpisingly to have a password set, which I never did...

well, out of this BIOS I get the following informations :

Product Name : HP 250 G7 Notebook PC

System Family : 103C_5336AN HP 200

Product Number : 6HM83ES#ABD

System Board ID : 8532 / HP 8532

BIOS Vendor : Insyde

BIOS Version : F.16

System BIOS Version : 15.16

Embedded Controller Firmware : 70.22

BIOS Date : 12/05/2018

BIOS : UEFI

UUID : 35C1396A-EC34-E911-8BB6-B00CD1EC1807

System Board CT Number : PHVVLB31VBYBG9

Build ID : 19WW1PWD301#SABD#DABD

CPU : Intel Core i5-8265U (Whiskey Lake-U) 

VGA : CPU integrated Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Whiskey Lake-U GT2) [Hewlett-Packard]

Chipset : Intel Cannon Lake-U PCH-LP Premium

Do you still need more informations about ?

Thank you very much for your help !

Best regards, Alex

[erico]

"Too many devices I lost in past by upgrading simply to the latest version... most of them just stuck during the upgrade process, the rest never came up to life ever again."

Are you referring to onboard  or integrated devices?

Which specific devices do you mean?

The issue you have described is a lack of drivers or Operating System compatibility, not the BIOS. 

Here is the driver and software download web document for your laptop.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/hp-250-g7-notebook-pc/24381316

[naYss_original]

hi Erico,

"Are you referring to onboard or integrated devices?

Which specific devices do you mean?

The issue you have described is a lack of drivers or Operating System compatibility, not the BIOS."

no - I sure refer to the BIOS update process at ASUS notebooks some years ago. The K43x / K53x series - if I still remember correct. I had an A53U (Consumer line, sold with K43x motherboard) by my wife then. They had all the same motherboard. Then a BIOS update was delivered and that had no changes to the BIOS, but that was a platform change update only...

if you didn't run this update 'in-a-row' : installed bios with old (programming) platform version lets say 11, followed by BIOS version 12 which is a platform change update only and after them any newer updates from version 13 and above were based on the new (programming) platform - but if you installed them on version 11, then you killed your notebook. it never came up to life never ever... the newer needed (of course) the BIOS version 12 as base...

for example :

if you installed version 13 on top of version 11 - you crashed your laptop forever.

only updating version 13 and above on top of 12 or above were 'save' and didn't killed your laptop...

difficult to write it down... long text... for a short meaning.... 😉

Best regards, Alex