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‎02-10-2021 04:56 PM

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Product: Pavilion dv6500
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)

My HP Pavilion dv6500 with a BIOS version F.59, 11/25/2008, originally came with Vistas, but upgraded to  Windows 10Pro, has become so slow and not recognizing certain hardware like CD-ROM, USB devices. I presume BIOS upgrade could help improve its performance.

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‎02-10-2021 05:46 PM

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Hi:

 

A BIOS update is not going to make any difference regarding those problems.

 

Also, the BIOS updates were written to be run on Windows Vista, so if you try to update the BIOS when running W10, you can wreck your notebook.

 

If you let me know what processor your notebook has (AMD or Intel), I will give you the link to the last BIOS update HP released for your notebook and you can decide for yourself what you want to do with it.

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‎02-20-2021 07:01 PM

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Thanks for your response. The Processor in here is Intel(R) Core (TM) DUO

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‎02-20-2021 07:09 PM

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You're very welcome.

 

Here are the info and exe links to the last BIOS update HP released for your notebook...

 

Info:  F.5A

 

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48001-48500/sp48024.html

 

Exe:

 

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48001-48500/sp48024.exe

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