6710b notebook bios update from F.0B to F.10 or above

I have 3 HP notebooks here - all 6710b. All have XP Pro SP3 installed on them on replacement hard drives (no HP restore partition).Two of them have BIOS version F.0B and the third had version F.10.I downloaded the HPQFlash update for F.20 from the HP support site and ran it on the F.10 notebook as it wasn't fully installed and I could use it as a test machine.Everything went swimmingly well. It updated without a hitch and runs just fine. However, trying to update the other HP notebooks from F.0B to F.10 or higher. there doesn't appear to be a way to do it.
The HPQFlash utility (for F.20) tells me its not compatible and to update to at least F.10.
Earlier BIOS updates tell me to "Copy the SoftPaq to the file store". What *IS* "the file store" and there's no "softpaq" anything with the download???? That's where the RTF instructions just stop - there is no further info on what to do.They also say "This package is used to flash the System ROM on target notebooks in a network" - these laptops are stand-alone and do not/will not connect to a network and as far as I know they do not have SSM.
The instructions are not clear on what to do.The support pages just tell me to follow the instructions and voila - your BIOS update is complete!It has no help when the update will not do what it's meant to do or if it fails. Typical HP!
I have a DOS bootable USB stick and can boot from it to run other DOS-related stuff.
I can run the Rompaq exe and it will save the current bios but when I try to update it, it tells me it cannot read the media and I have no option but to abort the process.
So now I'm stuck!
Any suggestions on how to get from F.0B to F.10 or higher so I can run the HPQFlash to F.20??

Chris_82 wrote:
The HP Support Assistant application is recommending me to update the bios from my current F.12 version to F.17.
After reading several posts about my laptop model being "bricked" up after trying to install earlier bios versions from HP (F.15) I'm reluctant to update the version I now have.
Is there any benefit to updating to the F.17 version?
Has anyone had any problems going from F.12 to F.17?
Thanks,
Chris Hutchinson
F.17 resolved the issue where the BIOS upgrade fails. It should be safe to run. If you're not having any problems, I'd probably hold off until a later BIOS comes out that includes fixes/enhancements.

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