SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP12543
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Portables Fix for PC-Card Network Connections with Windows NT 4.0
VERSION: 1.0
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Fix

DIVISIONS:  Portables

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Armada 7400/333/366, 7800/366/400, 17xx, M300, M700, 
                                 E700, V300, E500, Prosignia, A35xx  
		  	
OPERATING SYSTEM:  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  PCMCIA slot(s) with CardWare 2.x support

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 21, 2000

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  3.x

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  Upon resuming from Suspend mode, Windows NT 4.0 cycles power to the 
PC-Card slots of the Compaq portable products listed above.  Depending on the 
PC-Card driver, a network PC-Card may or may not restart and reconnect to the network.

To prevent Windows NT 4.0 from cycling power to the PC-Card slots, this SoftPaq 
disables Power Management by updating the Registry to change "/PM:ON" to "/PM:OFF"
in the following line of the Registry:

	[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PCCS\Options]
	"CommandLine"="/SC:off /MC:15 /BS:0x80000000 /BE:0xA0000000 /PM:OFF"

This allows PC-Card connectivity to remain when entering and resuming from Suspend mode.

NOTE:  To change back to the default Registry setting, advanced users can use the 
       Registry editor to change "/PM:OFF" back to "/PM:ON".

HOW TO USE:

1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive.
The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename 
based on the SoftPaq Number above.

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. 
Enter "Y" to confirm the unpacking of files into the download directory. 

3. After the files have been unpacked, you may delete the self-extracting file 
downloaded in step 1.

4. For installation instructions, refer to the README.TXT file.
 
5. After the installation is completed, you may delete the files unpacked 
in step 2.

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