SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP16062
PART NUMBER: 224068-008
FILE NAME: N/A
TITLE: ROMPaq for Deskpro Workstation 300 and Deskpro EXS (686P5 ROM)
VERSION: 1.10 Rev A 
LANGUAGE: English (US)

CATEGORY: ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS: Workstations, Commercial Desktops

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: 
     Deskpro EXS: P1.5GHz/850,P1.4GHz/850
     Deskpro Workstation 300: All Models

OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows Me
                  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
                 
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A

PREREQUISITES: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 01, 2001

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 5.0       

SUPERSEDES: SP16060

DESCRIPTION:
This SoftPaq creates a ROMPaq firmware diskette that can be used to locally 
restore or upgrade the System ROM in the below models.  A backup of the current 
System ROM will be copied onto the ROMPaq diskette during the flash process.

The ROM Family and ROM date can be determined by running the Setup Utility by 
pressing F10 on the target computer during system power on of the computer, and 
viewing File/System Information.  This information can be saved into a text 
file by selecting File/Save to Diskette.

ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES:
 - Revised Legacy power management.
 - Report PCI busses as powered down during S3.
 - Enhanced configuration of PCI devices.
 - Added support for future RAMBUS technology.
 - Enhanced temperature guidelines.
 - Reconfigured the AGP Aperture to enhance performance in systems with 2 GB of 
   memory.
 - New Intel microcode patch for Pentium4, stepping C1.
 - Corrected a very infrequent erroneous blue screen from Windows 2000 that says 
   the BIOS is not ACPI compliant.
 - Corrected an ATAPI issue that caused a lockup or reboot during Windows 98 or 
   Windows Millennium installation when the user clicks "Cancel" when prompted 
   to create a startup diskette.
 - Corrected an F10 Setup lockup when AGP cards with more than one device are 
   installed.

HOW TO USE:

1.  Obtain a formatted 1.44-MB diskette and place it in your A: drive.

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 to build the ROMPaq diskette.

4.  After the diskette has been created, you may delete the SoftPaq file 
downloaded in step 2.

5.   Place the newly created diskette in the A: drive of the computer to be 
upgraded or restored and cycle system power to boot from the ROMPaq diskette.

6.  Follow the on-screen instructions to select the v1.10 Compaq System ROM and 
flash the firmware.

WARNING:  DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COPUTER DURING THE 
UPGRADE PROCESS!!!


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