Proliant 5500 Firmware will not upgrade?

[nowandever29]

I have a Proliant 5500 P12 (I know, I know - get rid of it! But I can't). The firmware is from 4/99, and I suspect it's causing us some problems. I'm trying to upgrade the firmware, but when I try I get "This software does not need to be installed on this system." I've tried with SmartStart 5.4, and with the drivers from the HP website.

No matter what I do, it will not upgrade the firmware. I don't see anywhere in System Configuration to lock the firmware, or anything like that.

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[itsp1965]

Have you tried "revving" back to an older version of the firmware and then applying this new firmware. I recall having a similar situation a couple of years ago.

 

[pietjebell]

Are you sure you use the right firmware..

If you got a firmware version from 4/99 you are probably using a pentium-pro or PII 300 version..
Which is not the P12 system..

 

[lordcompaq]

there was no PII300 version of the 5500. There was a common bios of the 66Mhz FSB, and a different one for the 100Mhz FSB 3000/5500, which is what you may be thinking of.