SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP14846
PART NUMBER: N/A
FILE NAME: N/A
TITLE: Compaq MultiBay Plug and Play Manager
VERSION: 2.0 E
LANGUAGE: English (US)

CATEGORY: Operating Systems and Software Enhancements

DIVISIONS: Portables

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Armada E700, M700, M300, V300, and E500

OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 95
                  Microsoft Windows 98
                  Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 + Service Pack 4 or later
                  
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A

PREREQUISITES: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 2000

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 4.0

SUPERSEDES: SP14210

DESCRIPTION: The Compaq MultiBay Plug and Play Manager is a MultiBay solution for 
the Armada Notebooks.  It allows a user to hot swap system MultiBay devices, 
including LS-120, DVD, and CD-ROM devices.

Enhancements/Fixes: 
 - Adds support for a CD-RW MultiBay device when used in the ArmadaStation EM.
 - Improves data transfer performance of CD-ROM and DVD-ROM MultiBay devices when
   used in the ArmadaStation EM.

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. 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. The application may be installed directly from the files on the download directory or 
   a diskette can be created. 
   To create a diskette, run MAKEDISK.BAT.
   To install the Compaq MultiBay Plug and Play Manager, run SETUP.EXE.


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