SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP13356
PART NUMBER:  314160-404 
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  ROMPaq for Deskpro EN Series SFF (686T5 ROM)
VERSION:  686T5_081899 
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs 

DIVISIONS:  Desktops

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Deskpro EN Series SFF models 6300, 6300A, 6300C, 
		        6333, 6333C, 6350, 6400, 6450, 6450+, 6500, NetPC 6300,
                    NetPC 6400, P550, P600, P650, and P700 with a 686T5 Family ROM
             NOTE:  Run F10 Setup to determine the ROM Family and ROM date.

OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A 

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  March 28, 2000

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.X

SUPERSEDES:  SP13339

DESCRIPTION:  This creates a ROMPaq firmware diskette that can be used to 
restore or upgrade the System ROM to the 08/18/99 version in Deskpro EN 
Series SFF models mentioned above, when they have a 686T5 Family ROM.  

A unique feature of the ROM is one that allows the user to select the language used in
F10 Setup.  The user may choose between Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, 
Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Swedish.  Please note however that 
the user sees the chosen language only in F10 Setup not in the operating system.

This ROM is compatible for use with Microsoft Windows 2000.

Enhancements/Fixes:

- Corrects an issue specific to the 08/05/99 release for certain combinations of add-in 
  cards.  The specific issue pertained to an Intel 82559 NIC and a Diamond V770 AGP video 
  card that was causing the system to not display video output.
- Corrects an issue with the 08/05/99 BIOS when using some older ISA add-in cards.  The 
  specific issue was a resource conflict with an ISA IBM 16/4 Token Ring card.
- Corrects an issue specific to the 08/05/99 BIOS where PCI cards not supporting power 
  management may cause the system to hang.
- Corrects a condition with drive geometry that prevented older versions of SCO 
  Unix(e.g. v3.2) from installing.
- Corrects an issue when using PCI expansion bays with a high number (fifteen or more) 
  of PCI cards inserted.
- Populated the "Processor Version" field in SMBIOS.  This change was made to support the 
  IBM Netfinity software.
- Adds a new F10 Setup option, "AGP Aperture Size", under Advanced->Device Options that allows 
  users to modify the AGP aperture size window from the default of 64MB.
- Added support for Intel Pentium III B0 stepping processors.

   
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 file name based on the SoftPaq Number above.

3. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded Spxxxx file 
to unpack the ROM image files.  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 select the 08/18/99 
Compaq System ROM or the Language Module option and flash the firmware.

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