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Downloading and installing an update – HP Notebook User Manual

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Software Updates, Restorations and Utilities

4. Use the down arrow key to select System Info, then press

enter.

(The ROM version and date are displayed in the System

BIOS Version field.)

5. To close the System Info window and exit the Setup utility

without changing any settings:

a. Press

esc

to close the window.

b. Use the arrow keys to select the File menu, then press

nter.

c. Use the arrow keys to select Ignore changes and exit,

then press

enter.

Downloading and Installing an Update

Most software at the HP Web site is packaged in a compressed
file called a SoftPaq. Some ROM updates may be packaged in a
compressed file called a RomPaq.

Most download packages contain a file named Readme.txt. A
Readme.txt file contains detailed descriptive, installation, and
troubleshooting information about the download. The
Readme.txt files included with RomPaqs are English only.

The following sections provide instructions for downloading and
installing:

A ROM update.

A SoftPaq containing an update other than a ROM update.

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