Your existing BIOS version will be upgraded (or "flashed") to the new version via the file on your USB flash drive. Then hit "Enter."Ĩ Hit the "Y" keyboard key a single time to tell your computer that you want to update your BIOS. Once the command prompt appears, type in the name of the BIOS update file on your USB flash drive. The command prompt is an entirely black screen with a small line of white text that you can type on. Select "Save Changes and Exit" to restart your computer.ħ Wait a few seconds for a command prompt to appear on your computer screen. This will tell your computer that you want to restart your computer and boot from the flash drive. Change the piece of hardware listed under "Primary Boot Device" to reflect your attached USB flash drive. Press this key immediately as your computer starts to turn itself on.Ħ Highlight "Boot" and then hit "Enter" to select it.
This key will be written down on the screen. Do not remove the USB flash drive from your computer.ĥ Press the key required by your computer to enter the BIOS. At the same time, make a note of the exact name and extension of the update file. Please follow the below instructions to Flas/update BIOS without HDD.ġ Insert the USB flash drive that you want to use to flash your BIOS into your computer.Ģ Download the update for your BIOS from HP Website.ģ Copy the BIOS update file onto your USB flash drive. Using that method does involve some risk that you will have to accept should you choose to follow that path to unbrick your notebook. There is a detailed description of another method to do this at the following 3rd party forum thread. Hopefully that will recover the corrupt BIOS with the fresh copy that is on the flashdrive. Press the notebook's power button and immediately hold down the Windows key and the B key until the notebook reacts and begins the BIOS recovery. Plug that flashdrive into a port on the problem notebook. Rename the 018A4.FD file to 018A4.BIN and save it to the root of the usb flash drive. What is needed to be done is to extract the sp66782.exe file to a folder on the second computer. I dont think it will run without windows also running. It is a windows executable that updates the SP66782.exe is what I get when I download from HP web site.
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