SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP10833
PART NUMBER:  352660-007
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Professional Workstation AP200 System ROMPaq
VERSION:  686W7_043099 Rev A
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Workstations

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Professional Workstation AP200

OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  June 21, 1999

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.x

SUPERSEDES:  SP9989

DESCRIPTION:  Creates a ROMPaq diskette that allows a user to update the 
System ROM in a Compaq Professional Workstation AP200 to the 04/30/99 version.  
The diskette also contains foreign language modules that can be used to 
flash foreign language strings into the system ROM for use in F10 Setup.  

Enhancements/Fixes:

- Features new microcode patches for the Pentium III and Celeron processors.
- Corrects a condition where the system may fail to find USB hubs or high speed USB keyboards.
- Corrects a timing condition that caused the system BIOS to not find some USB devices that 
  were connected through a Compaq V1000 USB hub.
- Corrects a slow boot condition with newer CD-ROM drives that have drive shadowing, a new 
  ATAPI specification.  This caused longer than normal boot times.
- Corrects a condition with video option ROM's greater than 32KB that exist with other PCI 
  option ROM's in the system.  The condition caused a video hang with certain video cards.
- Corrects a condition with the IBM X.25 card when present with a PCI card featuring an option
  ROM that resulted in an error from the card's diagnostic program.
- Corrects a condition that was causing the system to hang when warm booted if a Powerstorm 
  300 video card was installed.
- Corrects a condition in F10 Setup for selecting the primary VGA card when two video cards are
  installed.
- Added DMI table update to allow maximum memory as 768 MB and maximum processor speed as 600 
  Mhz.
- Added fixes for the Matrox LE video capture card.

	
HOW TO USE:

1. Obtain a formatted 1.44-MB diskette.

2. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change 
to that directory.  The file that is downloaded is an executable with 
a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above.

3. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file 
and follow the on-screen instructions.  You will be prompted to 
insert the formatted diskette in a drive to create the diskette.

4. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the  
SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2.

5. Keeping the newly created diskette in the A: drive, cycle 
system power to boot from the ROMPaq diskette.

6. Follow the on-screen instructions to flash the System ROM.

WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER 
DURING THE SYSTEM ROM FLASH PROCESS!!!!

Flash Recovery Instructions (in case of system ROM corruption):

1) Power down the computer to be flashed.  

2) Insert the ROMPaq diskette into the floppy drive and power up 
   the computer.  If the system ROM is corrupt the computer will beep and
   no video will be seen. 

3) If the flash diskette is bad or no diskette is installed, the NUM LOCK 
   keyboard LED will turn ON.  The CAPS LOCK and SCROLL LOCK keyboard LEDs 
   will be OFF.

4) If the computer has a setup password set, the CAPS LOCK keyboard LED will 
   be ON.  The NUM LOCK and SCROLL LOCK keyboard LEDs will be OFF.  Please 
   enter your setup password at this time.

5) The ROMPaq diskette will boot and begin the flash process.  Do not 
   turn off the computer until the flash is completed.

6) If the flash is SUCCESSFUL, the NUM LOCK, CAPS LOCK, and SCROLL LOCK 
   keyboard LEDs will be turned ON.  Also, the computer will play a series of 
   rising tones at the end of a good flash.  Remove the ROMPaq diskette
   and cycle power.

   If the flash FAILS, the SCROLL LOCK LED will be ON and the CAPS LOCK and 
   NUM LOCK LEDS will be OFF.

WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER 
DURING THE SYSTEM ROM FLASH PROCESS!!!!

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