How To Update Thin Client Bios

BIOS

Entry

Press ESC on power up to get into the startup menu:

Startup Carte

Continue Startup System Information Modify Language

Diagnostics (F2) Boot carte du jour (F9) Computer Setup (F10) Network Kicking (F12) Utilities

From this you lot tin meet that F10 on power up to go into the AMI BIOS screens. Alternatively F9 brings up a boot menu:

Delight Select Boot Device

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↑ and ↓ to move pick
ENTER to select boot device
ESC to boot using defaults

In this instance I had Staples branded USB flash drive plugged in. It's what has appeared equally 'Imation Nano Pro PMAP'.

The AMI BIOS identified itself as the 'HP Setup Utility' at the top of the screen and at the lesser of the screen as version two.xviii.1263 - which is not very helpful. Going to the File -> System Information screen it identified the Organisation BIOS every bit M41 V01.02.

Checking on the HP site I found that the latest BIOS was M41 v00.01.07 Rev A dated Jun 12 2019.

Question for HP here: If the arrangement reports the BIOS as vXX.Twenty why use a different format (vXX.XX.Twenty Rev X) on your support website?

BIOS update

The BIOS in my t530 was version M41 v01.02 09/22/2017. The HP website offered: 'HP Thin Client BIOS (M41 BIOS) 00.01.07 RevA dated Jun 12, 2019'. This was in the download sp97029.exe. I downloaded this and ran it to extract the updated BIOS and supporting updating software files. There was an accompanying how to file that started:

This SoftPaq contains utilities and data files that tin can exist used to restore or upgrade ("wink") the system firmware (BIOS) on supported HP Thin-Clients. Several methods for flashing the BIOS on your sparse customer are available. This document describes the various ways to perform the update.

Updating in Microsoft Windows.

Updating in ThinPro.

Updating in ToolLess way.

Updating from Estimator Setup (F10).

Updating past Silent Install.

Recovering from a failed update (corrupted image).

View supported models and revision history.

As thin clients on eBay are occasionally supplied either wiped clean or with no SSD I decided to explore the selection: Updating from Reckoner Setup (F10). The guide for this said:

The HP Thin Clinet(sic) supported by this Softpaq provides a BIOS upgrade option through Reckoner setup (F10) using the "Flash System ROM" characteristic. Reboot the sparse client and press F10 to enter Computer Setup. In the File bill of fare, select the "Wink Organisation ROM" item. This method requires that a Recovery USB flash drive be present which containing the BIOS binary image file and flash utility in the Hewlett-Packard folder. The Recovery USB wink bulldoze image tin can be created past the M41_0107.exe in Windows surround. If a BIOS Setup password has been set up, the password will be required earlier being able to access the "Flash System ROM" card. The user is notified when the procedure is completed. The new BIOS lawmaking volition not take effect until the thin client is restarted. The M41_0107.exe can be constitute in the Win folder.

And so this is my journey....

Find a flash bulldoze (16GB SanDisk Cruzer Switch in my example), plug into Windows PC and run M41_0107.exe.
Select choice "Create Recovery USB flash drive"
Information technology tin can't find my USB flash drive equally it has a Linux file system on it. Reformat every bit FAT32 within Windows.
Click on REFRESH and the flash drive appears.
Select it and click in Side by side.
Utility copies files to flash drive and displays a screen of what to do next.
The on-screen message is to:
- Ability off the device to exist recovered
- Insert the wink drive into a USB port
- Power on the device
- The device may reboot up to 3 times, with indicator lights on the keyboard flashing or the screen appearing blank for a brusque time
Reverting to the before instructions...
Move the flash drive across to the t530 and power it on.
Hit the F10 cardinal to get into the BIOS
Select "File" and then "Wink System BIOS" from the driblet down card. This brings upwards a box headed : Flash Organization Bios

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Hitting F10 to launch the BIOS update. Nothing happens
Navigate to "Security" -> "BIOS Update Policy" and gear up information technology to "Motorcar" and hit F10
Navigate to "Salvage and exit"
When the t530 reboots it detects the presence of the suitably formatted flash bulldoze and, after a curt pause, launches into reflashing the BIOS.
Having flashed the new BIOS it runs through a verification stage before rebooting.
The reboot takes a piddling extra fourth dimension whilst information technology finishes off the update.