SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP13758
PART NUMBER:  
FILE NAME: N/A
TITLE: ROMPaq for Deskpro EP/SB Series (686T1 ROM)
VERSION: 99.08.18               
LANGUAGE: English (US)

CATEGORY: ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS: Commercial Desktops

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: 
 Deskpro EP Series: 6266, 6266C, 6300, 6300A, 6333, 6333C, 6400C, 6450
 Deskpro SB Series: 6266, 6300, 6333

OPERATING SYSTEM: 
 Microsoft Windows 2000
 Microsoft Windows 98
 Microsoft Windows 95
 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
 Microsoft Windows 3.1
 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
 Microsoft Windows NT 3.1
 Microsoft MS-DOS
 ROMPaqs and System Software

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A

PREREQUISITES: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 18, 1999

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.0       

SUPERSEDES: SP11515

DESCRIPTION:
This SoftPaq creates a ROMPaq firmware diskette that can be used to restore or
upgrade the System ROM in Deskpro EP Series and SB Series models listed below,
when they have a 686T1 Family ROM.

The ROM Family and ROM date can be determined by running F10 Setup. 

This ROM includes a ROM-based F10 Setup. A Language Module option allows the
user to select the language used in F10 Setup: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish,
French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Swedish.

This ROM version is recommended for use with Windows 2000.

ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES:
 - Features a copy of the Matrox G100 video option ROM in the system BIOS which
   will load if an add-in Matrox G100 card has a failing EEPROM.
 - 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.
 - 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 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.
 - Corrects a field issue specific to the 08/05/99 release where rare combinations
   of option ROMs may hang the system.

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. 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 upgrade the firmware.


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