![]() Then we will make a directory and extract the firmware package in it: $ mkdir /tmp/hpfirmware Make sure it is installed on your system: # apt-install 7zip Once you have downloaded this file, we need to extract it. It will try to let you install a Windows Download and Install Assistant: click on No thanks, I will download and install manually to directly get the firmware file, which should have a name similar to sp138978.exe. Now you will find the latest firmware for your system under BIOS-System Firmware. ![]() Click on the link Choose a different OS and select any Windows 10 version. On the HP downloads page, you will probably get a mssage that it was unable to find drivers for your product. If you don’t know the exact model of your system, use this command (as root): # /usr/sbin/dmidecode | grep "Product Name" The first hit will probably bring you to the right page, in my case: Use your favourite web search engine and search for the model name and add the word downloads to it, for example: HP Elitebook 845 G8 downloads. Here I will explain how I managed to update my Elitebook 845 G8, but this should work for most recent HP laptops and desktops.įirst you need to download the firmware update for your system. ![]() Dell and Lenovo offer firmware updates for many of their systems via LVFS, however HP only has a very small number of firmware updates available on LVFS.įortunately it is possible to install firmware updates without having Windows installed, but it’s a bit more manual work. On Linux you can use the LVFS (Linux Vendor Firmware Service) to easily install firmware updates with the fwupd utility or any of its graphical front-ends (such as GNOME Software or KDE Discover). This is important because firmware updates include essential security fixes. I wanted to update the BIOS/UEFI firmware to the latest version.
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