On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Epidemic SomeGuy
<epidemic.mail@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Or maybe the bios is so badly broken that the "real fix" for this
> would be in the form of a bios-update from HP?
> I'll look for that too.

There is a BIOS update for the 786F6 systems (which is what I have):
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2gxtyu6

Intuitive update instructions are here:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/27gfryg

The thing is... it doesn't list a BIOS update for Linux. This must be
due to the linuxbios that bofh referred to, no? For Windows 7, it just
lists the Business Desktops BIOS Utilities (ver. 4.02 Rev. A). For
Windows XP Pro and all Windows Vista variations, it lists both the
Business Desktops BIOS Utilities (ver. 4.02 Rev. A) and the HP Compaq
Business Desktop System BIOS - 786F6 BIOS (ver. 3.10 Rev. A).  For
Windows 2000, it lists just the 3.10 update. My machine actually
shipped with Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, with a BIOS
version of 01.09. I'm thinking I ought to try the 3.10 update.

Thoughts? Marco?