SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP12245
PART NUMBER:  140245-001
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Contura 420/430 ROMPaq Upgrade (September 23, 1999 Version) 
VERSION:  4K2.99.09.23 
LANGUAGE:  US English

CATEGORY:  Operating System Enhancements

DIVISIONS:  Portables

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Contura 420
		    Compaq Contura 430

OPERATING SYSTEM:   IBM OS/2
		    Microsoft Windows 3.x and MS-DOS
		    Microsoft Windows 95
		    Microsoft Windows 98
		    Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
		    Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
		    Microsoft Windows 2000

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 19, 1999

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  4.0

SUPERSEDES: SP5991 (12/23/97 ROM)

DESCRIPTION:  Creates the ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for the 
Compaq Contura 420/430, which allows a user to upgrade to the  09/23/99
System ROM.

Enhancements/Fixes:  

-Addresses intermittent failures reported when running the NSTL YMark2000
 Y2K Compliance test.  NSTL and Compaq determined that the failures
 reported were attributable to the test methodology and do not reflect
 any Y2K compliance issue.  However, to alleviate some customers' concerns,
 the BIOS was modified to remove the cause of the intermittency.

This version includes the following enhancements that were also 
implemented in previous ROM version (12/23/97):

- Year 2000 Compliance
  Ensures that the Year and Century values in the System Date are updated 
  properly through the year 2079 (NSTL Y2K Compliance).

- Fixes a problem in the POST initialization that caused the Year value
  of the System Date to "jump" up to a century away from the actual date.

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.  Power down the computer.

6.  Place the newly created Compaq Contura 420/430 ROMpaq Diskette in 
Drive A: and power up the computer. Follow the instructions on the 
screen to upgrade the System ROM.

Copyright 1999, Compaq Computer Corporation.  All rights reserved.

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