SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP18183
PART NUMBER:  232303-002  
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Presario 121xxx System ROM Update 
VERSION:  F.03 (06/07/01)
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Consumer

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Presario 1210JP, 1210,EA, 1210CA, 1210US, 1210LA, 1211EA, 1211LA,
                     1211CA, 1212EA, 1212CL, 1213EA, 1213CL, 1214NE, 1214SR, 1214EA, 1215EA,
                     1215US, 1215JP, 1216JP, 1216EA, 1217JP, 1219JP 

OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  June 18, 2001

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.0

SUPERSEDES:  SP17510

DESCRIPTION:  Creates a bootable diskette to update the System ROM on the Presario 121xxx 
Series notebook models listed above.

Enhancements/Fixes:

 - Enables PowerNow support for Duron (Morgan) 800/850/900 MHz CPUs.
 - Enables AMD SSE CPU function.
 - Corrects AMD CPU Name String

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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