SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP17362
PART NUMBER:  219917-003, 225612-003
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Presario 17XL Specific Models System ROM Update 
VERSION:  F.0A (02/06/01)
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Consumer

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Presario 17XL360, 17XL361, 17XL362, 17XL364, 17XL365, 17XL367, 
                        17XL368, 17XL369, 17XL370, 17XL371, 17XL375, 17XL460, 17XL461, 17XL462,
                        17XL463, 17XL464, 17XL465, 17XL466, 17XL467, 17XL468, 17XL469, 17XL470,
                        17XL471, 17XL473, 17XL474, 17XL475, 17XL476, 17XL477, 17XL480, 17XL482,
                        17XL485, 17XL488, 17XL490, 17XL492, 17XL562, 17XL563, 17XL564, 17XL565, 
                        17XL566, 17XL567, 17XL568, 17XL569, 17XL570, 17XL571, 17XL572, 17XL576,
                        17XL577, 17XL578, 17XL579, 17XL3, 17XL4

OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  April 17, 2001

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.0

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  Creates a bootable diskette to update the System ROM on the Presario 17XL 
Series notebook models listed above.

Enhancements/Fixes:

 -  Adds support for FutureBay drive-swapping in Windows 2000.
 -  Adds support for Intel D0 Revision CPU's.
 -  Fixes incorrect reporting of "Battery Time Remaining" feature in Windows 2000.
 -  Improves system boot time (POST, Power On Self-Test).

HOW TO USE:

1.  Format a 1.44-MB diskette.

2.  Download the SoftPaq to a temporary, empty directory on your hard drive and change to 
    that directory.  The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename
    based on the SoftPaq Number above.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file.  You will be prompted to place
    the formatted 1.44 MB diskette into a diskette drive to create the ROMPaq diskette.

4.  After the diskette is created, you may delete the downloaded file if you wish.

5.  Shutdown and turn off the computer.  Wait 15 seconds.  Place the ROMPaq diskette into
    drive A: and turn on the power, allowing the computer to boot from the diskette.

6.  The ROMPaq diskette will automatically update the System ROM and notify you when the 
    update is finished.

    CAUTION:  DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER DURING THE UPDATE PROCESS

7.  When the ROM update is finished, you will need to turn the computer off and back on for 
    the changes to be in effect.  Remove the ROMPaq diskette from the computer.  Turn the
    computer's power switch OFF, wait 15 seconds, then turn the switch ON again.

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