Hello
I have a back-up workstation for my CAD business, a Z420 which was replaced by Z4 G4 as the main daily used workstation. The Z420 for the last two+ years has not been used and I really should have updated it to Windows 10 on it sooner.
Crunch time, my daughter needs it for home teaching with the coronavirus shutting all schools and also I really need it ready for Solidworks which is going all Windows 10.
So the problem the BIOS is really old! -
BIOS Version/Date = Hewlett-Packard J61 V01.02 09/03/2012
OK fine upgrade it - run the downloads from HP which can be done in windows. Seems to go fine until the very end.
Now looking at previous posts there is some kind of step method you need to do. Trouble is I'm still not 100% clear on the exact stepped upgrade path (which versions) and getting the files seems impossible. Links/downloads have died due to the passing of time.
The workstation would seemed to be worth saving
E5-1620 processor (not terrible for single core processing by today's standard)
24gb of Ram
Samsung 500GB 850 pro storage
FirePro v5900 (this is actually probably the weakest part now days)
Thanks for any help people can give to get the BIOS firmware upgraded and I can get this thing on Windows 10.