I am looking for bios and/or DVD firware updates for a Compaq Presario 715us.

After appling the most recent DVD firmware update from Compaq I'm unable to read CD's - it will only read DVDs.

You can also reach me at noemailaddys@allowed.com. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!




Support Information:
Device Type: BIOS / Motherboard
Manufacturer: Compaq
Model: Presario 715us
Interface: Other
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=236&qa5=1&qa7=1500&dp=3&qm0=Presario+715us&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Compaq+BIOS+%2F+Motherboard++Presario+715us+Wind ows+XP+Home+) | Research manufacturer Compaq (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=236)

Why did you apply a firmware update to start with? Were you having problems? If so what?

Compaq support can usually be found on the Compaq (HP) Website and other websites by searching using Google.


http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/siteHome?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Compaq+Presario+715us%2Bfirmware&btnG=Google+Search

I Up dated the bios threw compaq and it stoped the cd-rom drive from working, I contacted HP suport they were useless.. All I need is a Bios Update Or How do I roll it back.. Thanks! Mycroff-yahoo..

Tech Info..
Product . . . . . . . . Presario 715US 267967-001

System Board ID . . . . 760

System ROM Info from DMI
Bios Vendor's Name . . Phoenix
Bios Version . . . . . 4.06CJ15
Bios Release Date . . 6/28/2002

Date . . . . . . . . . . 6/29/2006
Time . . . . . . . . . . 1:15:59PM

Asset Tag . . . . . . . No Asset Tag

System serial number . . 1V21KNV2G3DN

Number of processors . . 1
Processor . . . . . . . mobile AMD Athlon(tm) 4 processor at 1.200GHz
CPU ID . . . . . . . . . 0662

Total number of processors identified by
Windows . . . . . . . 1
Power Source . . . . . . AC
Life Percent . . . . . 99 %
Battery Status . . . . Charging
Battery 0 . . . . . Present
Chemistry: Li
Charge Capacity: 53280 (milli-Watt hour)
Logical Drive Information

A: Removable Drive (Floppy, LS120, Zip, etc.)
C: Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 18.622 GB (12.077 GB Free)
D: CD/PDCD/DVD/CDRW Drive

Physical Drive Information

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2102 CDROM
Firmware Revision . . . . . . 1A15
Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Target . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Lun . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Medium Removable . . . . . . . Yes
CD-ROM XA Commands . . . . . . Not Supported
Mode 2 Form 1 Format . . . . . Supported
Mode 2 Form 2 Format . . . . . Supported
Multi-Session Format . . . . . Supported
UPC Information . . . . . . . Supported
ISRC Information . . . . . . . Supported
Media Locking . . . . . . . . Supported
Lock State . . . . . . . . . . Unlocked
Independent Channel Volume . . Supported
Independent Channel Mute . . . Supported