SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP16069
PART NUMBER: 168210-401
FILE NAME: N/A
TITLE: ROMPaq for Professional Workstations SP750 and AP550 (686J4 ROM) 
VERSION: 3.01 Rev A
LANGUAGE: English (US)

CATEGORY: ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS: Workstations

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: 
     Professional Workstation SP750: All Models
     Professional Workstation AP550: All Models

OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 2000
                  Microsoft Windows 98
                  Microsoft Windows 95
                  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
                  Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
                  Microsoft MS-DOS
                  
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A

PREREQUISITES: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 6, 2001

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 5.0       

SUPERSEDES: SP15794

DESCRIPTION:
This software creates a bootable ROMPaq firmware diskette that can be used to 
restore or upgrade the system ROM in the Professional Workstation models AP550 
and SP750 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:
 - Added PCI configuration compensation for Phillips video capture card.
 - Added microcode patches for latest stepping.
 - Corrected IDE flow for CD boot when image is emulating a hard disk.
 - Corrected PCI option ROM download algorithm for system configurations with 
   large PCI memory address locations.

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 v3.01 Compaq System ROM and 
flash the firmware.

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


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