That should get your BIOS/firmware up to date. The update should complete in a few minutes and then the system should automatically restart. Be sure the computer is running on AC power and do NOT interrupt/stop the process. The system will proceed to update the BIOS/firmware as necessary. On my system, this item was the last/bottom item.Ĩ. Select "Update System and Supported Device Firmware". During the system restart, press and hold the ESC key unitl you see a highlighted message "Entering Startup Menu".ħ.
Leave the USB Flash drive containing the BIOS plugged in.Ħ. Once the the USB Flash drive is created, restart your system. Select the second option "Create Recovery USB Flash Drive".ĥ. A small window "HP Firmware Update and Recovery" will appear. Execute SP85180.exe - double click it and provide the necessary approvals to run.Ĥ. Insert an empty flash drive into an available USB port.ģ. So be sure to download this new softpaq.Ģ. Here are instructions for flashing BIOS using a USB flash drive.ġ. Assuming there's an error somewhere.Īt least for 470 G5 you may to wait for the release subsequent to 01.01.04 to fix the core issue addressed in the Firmware release (the Intel security issue). >01.01.02 versions all show that update was successful, but when reboots, actually reflashes 01.01.02. Without that partition, the SoftPak couldn't find a place to put the temporary files when upgrading.įurther Note: This didn't work for upgrades past 01.01.02.
When looking at the HpFirmwareUpdRec64.log file, noticed that E: was hardcoded and was not writing because HP Support had mapped to F: NOTE: The HP_TOOLS needs to be mapped as drive E. Can't confirm it, but believe this partition may have disappeared sometime in the Windupgrade. Business PCs, Workstations and Point of Sale SystemsĪfter contacting HP support (who were excellent - and very patient), we determined that:ġ) the firmware releases on currently available on the website were not working (01.01.03 A1, 01.01.04)Ģ) There was no HP_TOOLS partition on the boot hard driveĪdding a 2GB HP_TOOLS partition onto the boot drive solved the " An error occurred when copying the current firmware to the folder".Printer Wireless, Networking & Internet.DesignJet, Large Format Printers & Digital Press.Printing Errors or Lights & Stuck Print Jobs.Notebook Hardware and Upgrade Questions.