SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP13409
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Firmware Update for Seagate IDE Hard Drives
VERSION:  3.13
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY: Software Solutions

DIVISIONS: Desktops

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Deskpro EC, Deskpro EP, Deskpro EN, Deskpro EN SFF models


OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: 
The firmware upgrade is for the following Seagate Hard drive models:
ST34313A
ST36811A
ST38410A
ST310222A
ST313021A

PREREQUISITES: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 9, 2000 

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 4.X 

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  
Creates a bootable diskette that updates
particular Seagate hard drives to fix a potential
miscompare issue due to caching and a 1790 issue. 
                         
The update autodetects all hard drives currently
installed.  If it finds a Seagate hard
drive that has a firmware revision older than
contained in this program, it automatically
updates the firmware.  Upon completion of all
required modifications, the user will be informed
that the computer must be power cycled.

This firmware update is a non-destructive update.
User data is not affected.


HOW TO USE:

1. Download the SoftPaq to a temporary, empty 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. A
   bootable diskette will be created.

3. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the self-extracting
   file downloaded in step 1.

4. Put the diskette created by this Softpaq in drive A and reboot the
   computer.

5. Follow the prompts.

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