SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP18762
PART NUMBER: N/A
FILE NAME: N/A
TITLE: Presario Specific Models System ROM Update (786K3 ROM)
VERSION: 1.13 
LANGUAGE: English (US)

CATEGORY: ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS: Consumer Desktops

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Presario 4090US, 4120EA, 4121EA, 4126EA, 5012AU, 5013LB, 5013US, 
5095CL, 5100AN, 5100CA, 5100JP, 5101AP, 5101HK, 5101RSH, 5101TW, 5102AN, 5102AP, 
5102CA, 5102US, 5103AN, 5103AP, 5103CL, 5103HK, 5103TW, 5105RSH, 5106CA, 5106CL, 
5108US, 5109RSH, 5112JP, 5119EA, 5120EA, 5121EA, 5123EA, 5123SR, 5124AU, 5124EA, 
5126EA, 5127EA, 5128EA, 5129EA, 5138EA, 5139EA, 5140EA, 5142EA, 5143EA, 5145EA, 
5146EA, 5147EA, 5150WM, 5202HKr

OPERATING SYSTEM: N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A

PREREQUISITES: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 4, 2001

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 5.0       

SUPERSEDES: N/A

DESCRIPTION:
This SoftPaq creates a ROMPaq firmware diskette that can be used to locally 
restore or upgrade the System ROM in the above 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 Main/System Information.

ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES:
 - Adds Smart drive error messages.
 - Adds support to show F12 network boot message.
 - Fixes issue where cursor skipped the 2nd century digit in F10 Setup Time and Date screen.
 - Updates counting of PCI slots.  This corrects automatic audio card detection.
 - Adds Top Down MTRR support.  This corrects system instability in large memory
    configurations (+512MB).

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.

    NOTE: The ROMPaq diskette can be recreated if necessary by running QRST5.EXE
          from the download directory.

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 7/26/01 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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