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‎09-08-2025 08:59 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion 15-n297sa Notebook PC (ENERGY STAR)
Operating System: Ubuntu LTS

where can i get instructions to update bios and software

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‎09-08-2025 09:01 AM

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Where can I get instructions and software to update BIOS?

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‎09-08-2025 09:20 AM

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In order to update the BIOS, you will need to use another Windows PC to make the USB BIOS recovery drive so you can update the BIOS on your notebook which is not running Windows.

 

Below is the link to the latest BIOS update I could find for your notebook:

 

F.72:

 

Info link:

 

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp86501-87000/sp86738.html

 

Exe link:

 

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp86501-87000/sp86738.exe 

 

Watch these videos for how to create and use a BIOS recovery flash drive with the above exe file using another Windows PC:

 

How to make and use the BIOS recovery flash drive to recover or update the BIOS outside of Windows.

 

Creating a BIOS Recovery Flash Drive for HP Notebooks | HP Notebooks | HP Support

 

How to recover/update your notebook's BIOS with the USB recovery drive and try to recover the BIOS.

 

Restore the BIOS with a Recovery Flash Drive on HP Notebooks | HP Notebooks | HP Support

 

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