Hi All
I have just applied SP85158 BIOS A0.41 to fix the Intel Spectre problems
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05869091
and now the PC fails to POST. I found the only way to boot was to unplug the attached SATA Crucial MX300 SSD drive. Then the HP 280 G2 would POST. There is nothing wrong with the SATA SSD. Put it in a caddie works fine, plugged it in to a laptop works fine, even updated the SSD firmware. Still doesn’t work.
After reading through Loading Results HP Desktop PCs - Recovering the BIOS I spent an evening trying Windows key + B. https://support.hp.com/gb-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-280-g2-microtower-pc/8741823
To find the only firmware it would apply via BIOS recovery (those 8 beeps of fun) was another bug fix post Spectre (A0.35) and still won’t boot from SSD unless it’s in a USB caddy.
Anyone else had issues with BIOS A0.41? The previous BIOS A0.27 worked faultlessly. Are HP going to fix this? Not great for 1.5year PC!