Specifications

Liquid Silver v5.6 Configuration Cookbook
6-Apr-04
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Upgrading HP xw6000 to Windows XP
There are 3 things you will need to do to upgrade your xw6000 to get Liquid Silver v5.60 up and
running:
1. Update your system BIOS to v. 1.17
2. Update OS using Pinnacle’s Windows XP Restore CD for HP xw6000
3. Install Liquid Silver v5.60
Update Your System BIOS
If your system is not running the certified xw6000 BIOS version 1.17, please upgrade your BIOS. You
can download the BIOS from the HP support site:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?pnameOID=295781&locale
=en_US&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=295779&prodTypeId=12454&swEnvOID=1093#1921
After downloading the BIOS, please follow these instructions closely and carefully:
Step 1.
- Run the downloaded self-extracting archive and extract all files to a local folder on the machine that
needs to be updated
Step 2.
- Flash the BIOS
1. Open the folder containing the extracted files from step 1
2. Open the subfolder \HPQFlash and run HPQFlash.exe
3. Make sure "Version of BIOS in ROM update" shows the correct version (68604 v.1.17)
4. Run the BIOS update
5. Power down your system
6. Restart the system and enter the BIOS by pressing <F10>.
7. Adjust BIOS settings according the system summary provided below.
Update OS With Restore CD
As an existing Liquid Silver customer, you can order a Liquid OS Restore CD and it will be shipped to
you free of charge. To order your Restore CD, click on the link below and follow the instructions in the
document:
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/SupportFiles/XP_Restore_Request.pdf
Once you have received your Restore CD. Please follow these steps:
1. Backup all your projects, titles, user data or other non-system files that you may wish to save to a
different machine, DVD or some external archival device (see Appendix A).
2. Ensure that the DVD drive is the first boot device on the system (this should be the default
setting). To change the setting in the BIOS: Press F2 on the system startup to enter the BIOS and
adjust the boot order.
3. Insert the restore DVD into the DVD drive and restart the system.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen. Note that the system restore will destroy all data on the
drive, so make sure you have backed up your data as mentioned in step 1.