My old BIOS has bit the dirt

Support Information:
Device Type: BIOS / Motherboard
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard (HP)
Model: HP Pavilion 511W
Interface: IDE
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=456&qa5=1&qa7=1500&dp=3&qm0=HP+Pavilion+511W&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Hewlett+Packard+%28HP%29+BIOS+%2F+Motherboard++H P+Pavilion+511W+Windows+XP+Professional+) | Research manufacturer Hewlett Packard (HP) (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=456)

Always begin your search at http://www.hp.com

Search for "HP Pavilion 511w"

That will take you to this page:

http://search.hp.com/query.html?lang=en&submit.x=9&submit.y=4&qt=HP+Pavilion+511W&la=en&cc=us

You should be able to find the "Software and Driver downloads" link for your system there...

In checking the machine drivers and software page, they do not have bios file available for downloading.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=77620&lang=en

I suggest you contact HP tech support and ask them to help you.

My fault for not taking time to locate the proper page; I thought everything would be located on the "Software and Driver downloads" page, but I was wrong. This link will explain how to get another copy of the BIOS:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00007682&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=77620

Just follow the instructions on that page, and you shouldn't have any problems. Sorry about posting the wrong link; I've been recovering from surgery for the last week, and sometimes the pain distracts me from what I'm doing, even when I'm typing or doing research...