SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP17013
PART NUMBER: N/A
FILE NAME: N/A
TITLE: MultiBay Plug and Play Manager
VERSION: 4.00 Rev A
LANGUAGE: English (US)

CATEGORY: Operating Systems and Software Enhancements

DIVISIONS: Portables

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Armada E700, E500, M700, V300 and M300 Series
                   Compaq Evo N400c Series

OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Release 2
                  Microsoft Windows 98 SE
                  Microsoft Windows ME
                  Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 + Service Pack 6 or later
                  
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A

PREREQUISITES: N/A 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2001

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 5.0

SUPERSEDES: SP16865, SP15909

DESCRIPTION: Compaq MultiBay Plug and Play Manager is a MultiBay solution for the 
Compaq notebook models listed above.  This software solution:
      - Enhances performance on IDE/ATAPI MultiBay devices.
      - Allows the user to access MultiBay devices in the Armada docking stations.
      - Windows 98 SE Only: Allows the user to hot swap MultiBay 
	     devices including LS-120, DVD-ROM, and CD-ROM devices.

Enhancements/Fixes: 
 - Fixes the option to format an LS120 media after hot inserting an LS120 MultiBay device.
 - Enhances warm swapping of MultiBay devices in the ArmadaStation EM Docking Station.
 - Fixes issue when copying large files from the Iomega Zip drive MultiBay device to the 
   hard drive.
 - Fixes issue with the ability to write-protect an Iomega Zip drive media.

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. Press the 
   Space Bar 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 install the Compaq MultiBay Plug and Play Manager, run SETUP.EXE from the 
     subdirectory "disk1" in the download directory.
   - To create a diskette, run MAKEDISK.BAT from the download directory.   Run 
     SETUP.EXE from the diskette to install the Compaq Plug and Play Manager.


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