SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP12580
PART NUMBER:  153905-005
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Armada E500/V300 Series ROMPaq Upgrade Diskette (05 December 1999) 
VERSION:  686N_1205.99 
LANGUAGE:  US English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Portables

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Armada E500 Series
		    Compaq Aramda V300 Series

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:  February 18, 2000

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  4.0

SUPERSEDES:  SP12443 (ROM dated 12/02/99)

DESCRIPTION:  Creates a ROMPaq diskette to upgrade the System ROM 
in Armada E500/V300 Series notebooks to the 12/05/1999 version.

Enhancements/Fixes:  

- Resolved dock change issue which occured during Suspend/Resume in 
  Windows 2000.
- Added support for CPU speeds up to 800Mhz.

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 Armada E500/V300 ROMPaq Diskette in 
Drive A: and power up the computer. Follow the instructions on the 
screen to upgrade the System ROM.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER TO THE SYSTEM WHILE PERFORMING 
THIS PROCEDURE!

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