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2 System Board
Devices on the ISA Bus
Flash EEPROM (the System ROM)
The computer uses 256 KB of Flash EEPROM implemented within a single
256 K
✕
8-bit ROM chip (or in two 128 K
✕
8-bit chips). Flash EEPROM is
ROM in which the whole memory can be returned to its unprogrammed
state by the application of appropriate electrical signals to its pins. It can
then be reprogrammed with the latest firmware.
The System ROM contains: 64 KB of system BIOS (including the boot code,
the ISA and PCI initialization, RPO, DMI, the
Setup
program and the Power-
On Self-Test routines, plus their error messages); 32 KB of video BIOS;
32 KB of Plug-and-Play code; and 32 KB of power management code. The
functions of these are summarized in Chapters 4 and 5.
Updating the System ROM
The System ROM can be updated with the latest BIOS. This can be
downloaded, as a compressed file, from the
HP Electronic Services
(
http://www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport
). You must specify the model
of the computer
since the utility which is supplied for a different model cannot be used with
this one. (More information is given in the “Hewlett-Packard Support and
Information Services” chapter in the
User’s Guide
that was supplied with
the computer).
Since the PC does not have a flexible disk drive, the file is downloaded to the
system administrator’s PC and then to the target PC. The compressed file
can be executed, causing it to be expanded, creating a number of files,
including:
•
the Flash EEPROM reprogramming utility programs,
phlash32.exe
and
phlash.exe
•
the BIOS upgrade file,
HE0700xx.FUL
•
the binary file,
PFMHE106.bin
•
the batch file,
flash.bat
•
a number of
*.txt
files, giving information about the new version of the
BIOS, and instructions on how to install it.
The
PHLASH32.EXE
file is then executed from within the Windows NT
operating system on the target PC.
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