Thanks for looking into it. This version of the bios worked, and installed but the sound did not improve. It is much better quality without the beats selected but still the bass is very distorted. I would be surprised if HP put speakers on this that could not handle the factory settings for sound. I emailed them and they gave me a fix that you had posted previously. I tried it again with no luck. So now I am wondering if there is anything else short of sending it back to them to fix. I appreciate your help.