HP Thin Clients BIOS

HP SoftPaq Server

[November 2022] The HP SoftPaq FTP server used to be freely accessible but I find this no longer to be the case. Also, as far as BIOS updates are concerned, only the current info and BIOS files are accessible. Attempts to access earlier versions result in a 404 error message.

BIOS versions

HP provides updates for its thin clients (and other products) in the form of 'SoftPaqs'. These all sit on a server and are available for download - provided you know what it is you're after. A few years ago HP rejigged their support pages and I found the new format not to be as useful for my purposes as it had been previously. What we have here is a simple index just to the BIOS update SoftPaqs for the HP thin clients.

Notes:

I might check this table about once a year.
If you are looking to update a thin client that is currently supported by HP then there might be a more up-to-date BIOS available. I suggest you Google the SoftPaq number (eg SP101848) and see what hits are returned from ftp.hp.com. If there has been an update you may well see two hits, the original SoftPaq, and the new SoftPaq. The second hit is because the new SoftPaq description includes the line 'SUPERSEDES: SPxxxxx'.
If you find something has been updated please let me know by using the link at the bottom of the page.
I suggest you first click on the 'info' link and satisfy yourself that the BIOS update file is the one you are after.
I host a copy of the 'info' page locally. For the SoftPaq files the links go to HP's server.
The HP server used to be a FTP server but these days modern browsers have dropped support for FTP. I have adjusted the links to use https.
For some of the more modern BIOSs I have trawled through the SoftPaqs and hauled out all the historical releases and the 'fixes' and 'enhancements' associated with them. Where I have done this you will find a 'history' link below the BIOS name.

Models	BIOS	Version	SoftPaq
t5510: All Models t5515: All Models t5710: 800MHz model	786R1	1.07 Rev. A	SP29470 info download
t5710: 800MHz model	786R1	1.08 Rev. A	SP29573 info download
t5710: 1.1GHz 1.2GHz models	786R2	1.02 Rev. A	SP29530 info download
t5135: All Models t5530: All Models	786R3	1.03 Rev. A	SP37649 info download
t5730 t5735	786R4	2.02 Rev. A	SP49362 info download
t5145: All Models t5540: All Models t5545: All Models t5630: All Models t5630w: All Models	786R5	2.02 Rev. B	SP49355 info download
gt7720: All Models gt7725: All Models	786R6	2.03 Rev. A	SP52265 info download
vc4820T: All Models vc4825T: All Models	786R7	1.00 Rev. A	SP43850 info download
st5742 Streaming OS Client w/Diskless Vista COA: All Models st5747 Streaming OS Client w/out COA: All Models t5740: All Models t5740e: All Models t5745: All Models	786R8 history	1.04 Rev. D	SP55460* info download See note at the bottom
t5550 t5565 t5570 t5570e	786R9	v1.05 REV: A	SP63097 info download
t5400	786R10	v1.01 Rev A	SP52005 info download
t420	L42 history	00.01.07 REV: A	SP134466 info download
t430	N41 history N44 history	00.01.12 REV: A 00.02.07 REV: A	SP146894 info download SP140826 info download
t510	786R11	v1.05 Rev A	SP62324 info download
t520	L41 history	00.01.13 REV: A	SP132928 info download
t530	M41 history	00.01.08 REV: A	SP136655 info download
t610	K30 history	1.20 REV: A	SP71296 info download
HP t620 PLUS Quad Core HP t620 Dual Core HP t620 PLUS Dual Core HP t620 Quad Core TC	L40 history	00.02.19 REV: A	SP115305 info download
t630	M40 history	00.01.15 Rev.A	SP149763 info download

* The html file for SP55460 refers to the 786R9 BIOS. This must be a typo. The readme file in the SoftPaq refers to the 786R8 BIOS, the list of Thin Clients are those running the 786R8 BIOS and the BIOS itself identifies as 786R8.