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‎03-17-2023 02:01 PM

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Product: HP Z440 Base Model Workstation

Hello, i have switched off a Z440 during BIOS flashing,

and now have the 8 beeps/red LED diagnostic code.

The Maintenance and Service guide describes this case as

 

"Red Power LED blinks eight
times, once every second,
then stops blinking.
Entering FailSafe
(BootBlock) Recovery
Mode
Either FailSafe detected a corrupted ROM, or the user pressed Esc
before powering on. The BIOS does not halt at this point, but attempts
to boot to a ROMPaq floppy or CD-ROM (USB devices are not
supported).
1.
Reflash ROM with a ROMPaq floppy or CD-ROM.
2.
The problem might be in the system board. Contact HP for
assistance."

 

Where do i get te ROMPaq? In some other place (forgot where) i read that USB is not supported,

and looking at the flash image size of 10 MiB, a real floppy (no controller on the main board)

or USB floppy drive would not be sufficient.

What kind of ROMPaq CD-ROM is expected?

Just containing the file, or some kind of bootable DOS image with a flash tool on it?

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