SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP12533
PART NUMBER:  101800-009
FILE NAME: N/A
TITLE:  Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for the Compaq ProLiant
                 1850R(P07), 800(P14), 3000(P09), and 5500(P12) Servers
VERSION:  4.08A
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY: ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: ProLiant 1850R/CL1850 Server (P07)
                   ProLiant 5500 Server (P12)
                   ProLiant 3000 Server (P09)
				   ProLiant 800 Server (P14)

OPERATING SYSTEM AND VERSION:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITE:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 6, 2000

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.X

SUPERSEDES:  SP11754

DESCRIPTION:  This release provides updated system ROM images
for the latest maintenance releases of ProLiant 1850R(P07),
ProLiant 800(P14), ProLiant 3000(P09), and  ProLiant 5500(P12)
Server products.



New features -

       ROM P07  ProLiant 1850R (12/07/1999)
        ====================================

         Allow more PCI Devices with option ROMs.  This change allows more devices to be 
         installed into the system before running out of option ROM space.
		
         Properly preserve information on failed processors when the configuration is invalidated.

         Allow PCI Devices to use IRQ3.

         Support video cards with option ROMs larger than 32 Kbytes.
	


        ROM P09  ProLiant 3000 (12/07/1999)
        ===================================

         Allow more PCI Devices with option ROMs.  This change allows more devices to be 
         installed into the system before running out of option ROM space.
		
         Properly preserve information on failed processors when the configuration is invalidated.

         Allow PCI Devices to use IRQ3.

         Support video cards with option ROMs larger than 32 Kbytes.
	


        ROM P12  ProLiant 5500 (12/08/1999)
        ===================================

	     Allow more PCI Devices with option ROMs.  This change allows more devices to be 
         installed into the system before running out of option ROM space.
		
         Properly preserve information on failed processors when the configuration is invalidated.

         Allow PCI Devices to use IRQ3.

         Support video cards with option ROMs larger than 32 Kbytes.

	

        ROM P14  ProLiant 800 (12/08/1999)
        ===================================

	     Allow more PCI Devices with option ROMs.  This change allows more devices to be 
         installed into the system before running out of option ROM space.
		
         Properly preserve information on failed processors when the configuration is invalidated.

         Allow PCI Devices to use IRQ3.

         Support video cards with option ROMs larger than 32 Kbytes.





 Problems Fixed -


        ROM P07  ProLiant 1850R (12/07/1999)
        ====================================

         Properly handle floppy calls with invalid input parameters.  Fixes a problem with 
         Compaq's SCSI card based on the Adaptec ASIC.

         Don't allow PCI devices to use IRQ4 since under extremely rare cases this can cause 
         problems.




        ROM P09  ProLiant 3000 (12/07/1999)
        ===================================

         Properly handle floppy calls with invalid input parameters.  Fixes a problem with 
         Compaq's SCSI card based on the Adaptec ASIC.

         Don't allow PCI devices to use IRQ4 since under extremely rare cases this can cause 
         problems.




        ROM P12  ProLiant 5500 (12/08/1999)
        ===================================

         Fix problem which causes the system to hang intermittently (about 1 out of 10 boots)
         when mix Step Processors are used. 
	
         Properly handle floppy calls with invalid input parameters.  Fixes a problem with 
         Compaq's SCSI card based on the Adaptec ASIC.

         Don't allow PCI devices to use IRQ4 since under extremely rare cases this can cause 
         problems.




        ROM P14  ProLiant 800 (12/08/1999)
        ===================================

         Properly handle floppy calls with invalid input parameters.  Fixes a problem with 
         Compaq's SCSI card based on the Adaptec ASIC.

         Don't allow PCI devices to use IRQ4 since under extremely rare cases this can cause 
         problems.





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 SP12533.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP12533 [ENTER]
You will be prompted to place the formatted 1.44 MB diskette into a diskette drive to
create diskette.

4.  After the diskette is created, you may delete the downloaded file
SP12533.EXE if you wish.

5.  Refer to README.TXT on the diskette for instructions on installing and using the
software.

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