TITLE: Presario 700 Series and Evo N115 Battery Controller/KBC Firmware Update 

VERSION: 11.14
DESCRIPTION: This contains a firmware update for the Battery Controller/KBC (Keyboard 
Controller) in the Evo and Presario notebook models listed below.

PURPOSE: Recommended Update
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP20326
SUPERSEDES: None
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 23, 2002
CATEGORY: ROMPaqs and System Software
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S)
Notebooks
 
PRODUCT MODEL(S): 
Compaq Presario 700AP, 700EA, 700LA, 700U, 701AP, 701CL, 701EA, 701FR, 701JP, 701LA,
                702US, 703JP, 705CA, 705EA, 705US, 706EA 
Compaq Evo N115 Series, All Models

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows XP Home
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 
LANGUAGE(S): 
US English

ENHANCEMENTS: 
 - Supports AMD Duron and Athlon 35W processors.

FIXES: 
 - Fixes the issue where battery life is reported irrationally after resuming from Standby.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A
 
HOW TO USE: 

1.  Obtain a formatted 1.44-MB diskette.

2.  Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive. 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.  You will be prompted to
    insert the formatted diskette in a drive to create the diskette.

4.  After the diskette has been created, you may delete the
    SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2.

5.  Turn off the notebook to be updated and insert the created diskette.

7.  Turn the notebook on, allowing it to boot from the diskette.

8.  Follow the on-screen instructions to update the Keyboard Controller ROM.

    IMPORTANT: DO NOT TURN OFF THE COMPUTER DURING THE UPGRADE PROCESS!


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