Well, I restarted and checked the BIOS  man agement settings but there
aren't any power settings in my BIOS. I how do I see if there is  an update
available?  How do I tell what bios I currently have? I found this with
google:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=5091489&prodNameId=5143871&swEnvOID=4063&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ob-92987-1
isn't this dangerous for a know-nothing like me to do?

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