Looking for AMD Motherboard BIOS update for Presario SR5152NX

[peteleeb]

I am trying to find the latest BIOS update for this pc,

MotherBoard: M2N68-LA

The current version is rev5.09.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

[Huffer]

Latest is 5.14 if you have an AMD processor which I believe you do:

http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software10/COL25967/pv-66758-1/sp40912.exe

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[peteleeb]

Hi,

Yes, I am currently running an Athlon Processor.

The file downloaded ok, but I get an error when trying to run it.

"Your system does not meet the minimum system requirements"

I have tried running it as Admin and running at Windows XP SP3 Compatability.

I am currently running Windows 10.

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

Yeah that BIOS flash dates back to 2008 so it may require Vista in order to run and install. In fact it is really dangerous to try a BIOS flash in compatibility mode. 

[peteleeb]

Is there a way to extract the image from the file? I can update using a boot disk.

[Huffer]

Well use Winzip or similar to extract the component files on the BIOS flash program. There should be a .bin file in there that is the actual BIOS Code. Then you need to make a bootable floppy or thumb drive and put it on there and also a DOS version of the flash executable. 

This white paper discussed it:

http://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01132920

[peteleeb]

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply. I finally had to dig up an old version of WinRAR, but I did get it and was able to finally flash the BIOS.

Still didn't work. I suspect the MOBO is not able to handle the CPU I wanted to put into it. See my post with Dean for details if you wish.

Thank you for your help.