How to quickly download the BIOS of your HP Business PC

This article explain how easy is to download latest BIOS of your PC

install HP Powershell Client management Script library as explained here:
https://bellalavitait.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-find-bios-versions-available-for.html

then in an Administrator Windows Powershell run:

• get-hpbiosUpdates  -download

bios file will be saved in current folder using his original name , example Q78_010600.bin

if you want to change name

• get-hpbiosUpdates  -download -saveas my_preferred_bios.bin

if you want to download a BIOS of another product, just add -platform XXX  ,where XXXX is the system ID (see previous post)

• get-hpbiosUpdates  -download -platform 8414
• get-hpbiosUpdates  -download -platform 8414 -saveas X2_1013_G3.bios

in case you want to download latest BIOS for several models , then you need a script like the one just below

<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><#</span><br /> <# SCRIPT BEGIN download and install HP Client Management Script Library https://ftp.hp.com/pub/caps-softpaq/cmit/hp-cmsl.html mine main forder is cd C:\SoftpaqRepository1.2\ create cd C:\SoftpaqRepository1.2\bios folder. in cd C:\SoftpaqRepository1.2\bios folder, this scipt saves the bios files #> cd C:\SoftpaqRepository1.2\ [string[][]]$HPcomputer = @( ("645G3","823a"), ("X2_612_G2","828b"), ("X2_1012_G2","82CA"), ("X2_1013_G3","8414"), ("1030G2","827D"), ("1030G3","8438" ), ("1040G3","80FA"), ("1040G4","8417"), ("1040G5","8470"), ("1050G1","84E9"), ("840G3","8079"), ("830G5","83b3"), ("840G5","83b2"), ("840rG4","8418"), ("735G5","83da"), ("745G5","83d5"), ("640G2","80FD"), ("640G4","83d2"), ("650G4","8416"), ("650HG4","844A"), ("645G4","8401"), ("X360_440G1","84D8"), ("EliteOne1000G2","83E5"), ("800G4_DM_83E2","83E2"), ("800G4_DM_GPU_83E2","83E2"), ("800G4_DM_8409","8409"), ("800G4_DM_845A","845A"), ("EliteDesk800G4_TWR","83E0"), ("EliteDesk800G4_AIO_83E3","83E3"), ("EliteDesk800G4_AIO_83E4","83E4"), ("EliteDesk800G4_SFF","83E1"), ("EliteDesk705G4_SFF_83E8","83E8"), ("EliteDesk705G4_SFF_8462","8462"), ("EliteDesk705G4_SFF_8463","8463"), ("EliteDesk705G4_MT_8461","8461"), ("EliteDesk705G4_DM_83E9","83E9"), ("EliteDesk705G4_DM_8464","8464"), ("ProDesk600G4_MT_83EC","83EC"), ("ProDesk600G4_MT_PCI_83ED","83ED"), ("ProDesk600G4_MT_8580","8580"), ("ProDesk600G4_SFF","83EE"), ("ProDesk600G4_DM","83EF"), ("EliteDesk600G4_AIO_83EA","83EA"), ("EliteDesk600G4_AIO_83EB","83EB"), ("ProDesk400G5_MT_83F0","83F0"), ("ProDesk400G5_MT_83F1","83F1"), ("ProDesk400G5_SFF","83F2"), ("ProDesk400G4_DM","83F3"), ("EliteDesk400G4_AIO_83EA","83EA"), ("EliteDesk400G4_AIO_83EB","83EB"), ("Zbook15G5","842A") ) [string[][][][]]$listabios = @() foreach ($elemento in $HPComputer) { $modello = $elemento[0] $sysid = $elemento[1] [string[]]$HPdati = @() $HPdati = get-hpbiosUpdates -platform $sysid -latest -format csv $dati=$HPdati[1].split(',').Trim() $HPdati=$dati write-host """$modello"",""$sysid"","$HPdati[1],$HPdati[0]","$HPdati[2] cd bios md $modello -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue cd $modello get-hpbiosUpdates -platform $sysid -download -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue cd .. cd .. } # SCRIPT END


script can be modified , removing from the list the models you aren't managing and adding what you need.
Create your own main folder. Then create a folder called "bios"
By default the script creates a new folder for each model in "bios" folder. The folder is named with the string written in the script. binary file is save inside the folder

example of model list included in the script
[string[][]]$HPcomputer = @(
("430G6_1809","8536"),
("440G6_1809","8537"),
("450G6_1809","8538"),
("645G3_1809","823a"), 
("X2_612_G2_1809","828b"), 
("X2_1012_G2_1809","82CA"),
("X2_1013_G3_1809","8414"),
("1030G2_1809","827D"),
("1030G3_1809","8438" ),
("1040G3_1809","80FA"),
("1040G4_1809","8417"),
("1040G5_1809","8470"),
("1050G1_1809","84E9"),
("840G3_1809","8079"),

I hope this can help you.

then if you want to update the BIOS of your PC , after you got the BIOS bin file, run

• Update-HPFirmware -file bios.bin -bitlocker suspend

bitlocker suspend is useless if your hard disk is not encrypted with BitLocker

next post will be about how to update the BIOS of a remote computer., using HP CMS library

Bye
Franco