At long last I have managed to do this BIOS update. The BIOS updates suppled
for the machine can only be applied in windows 7 or 8. Have tried XP and
although the logfile says that XP is supported it BSOD'd on me. I tried FREEDOS
but this was time wasting because:-
a) A floppy image is too small
b) USB has to be NTFS formatted not FAT32, screen just flickers
c) After burning the 10MB image to CD and booting from that you find that
the BIOS installer will not run under DOS despite FREEDOS being an alternative
to windows and Ubuntu. A bit remiss of HP I think.
I had to download a win7 installation dvd ISO, burn it to DVD, boot from
this, select repair, then run a command prompt. I had the update file
(sp65847.exe) on a USB memory stick which became drive C:.
The BIOS flashed ok but ended very abruptly in a reboot and wouldn't
reboot initially as had tried booting from the flash drive which wasn't
NTFS. After powering off/ on again it then implemented some other
changes before rebooting as normal.
No change to the touch pad though, still unuseable. Output from above
two commands as follows:-
paul@tancove-lt2:~$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s
bios-release-date
[sudo] password for paul:
F.45
02/10/2014
Only issue on reboot was a cmos checksum failure which the machine did a
reset to, and advised checking BIOS params. Only thing I noticed was
that the virtual machine facility was switched off in the BIOS which I
turned on again.
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Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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Title:
[HP 255 G1 Notebook PC] Synaptics Touchpad not Working after upgrade
from 12.04.1 LTS to 14.04.1 LTS
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
There are several similar problems on the forums but seem to be either
unanswered or marked as solved with no solution. Have only just bought this
laptop and one of it's uses will be to play programs recorded on mythtv from
our PVR when away from home, hence reason for upgrading to same release.
Have looked at Kernel Debugging Wiki and not sure what is relevant for this
issue.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-3.13.0-34-generic 3.13.0-34.60
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: paul 2101 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: paul 2101 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Aug 28 12:55:56 2014
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
# This is a distribution channel descriptor
# For more information see
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
canonical-oem-stella-anaheim-precise-amd64-20130424-1
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=116415ec-3f46-402a-a2a4-aebd87698d48
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-05 (175 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary
20130424-09:51
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP 255 G1 Notebook PC
ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-34-generic
root=UUID=f42726b4-109b-4962-ae3b-009bfb6543b0 ro i915.modeset=1 quiet splash
vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-34-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-34-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.127.5
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-16 (11 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
dmi.bios.version: F.37
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 188B
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 69.18
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 5CG410D2QY
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.37:bd06/26/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHP255G1NotebookPC:pvr088E130000005910000600010:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn188B:rvrKBCVersion69.18:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: HP 255 G1 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 088E130000005910000600010
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
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