SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP15357
PART NUMBER:  168210-008
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  ROMPaq for Professional Workstations SP750 and AP550 (686J4 ROM)
VERSION:  686J4_v2.18 
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs 

DIVISIONS:  Workstations

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Professional Workstations SP750 and AP550 with 
                    a 686J4 Family ROM
             NOTE:  Run F10 Setup to determine the ROM Family and ROM date.

OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A 

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  October 17, 2000

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.X

SUPERSEDES:  SP15331

DESCRIPTION:  This creates a ROMPaq firmware diskette that can be used to restore or 
upgrade the System ROM in the Professional Workstations SP750 and AP550 with a 686J4 
Family ROM.  

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

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, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Swedish.  Please note however, that 
the user sees the chosen language only in F10 Setup, not in the operating system.

 
Enhancements/Fixes: 

- Corrected a condition that was not allowing Replicated Setup save and restore feature
  to work properly with an LS-120 drive.
- Added support for Acoustic Management capability (Quiet Drives) in F10_Setup for IDE
  hard drives that support this feature. 


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.  

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 v2.18
Compaq System ROM and flash the firmware.

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