SOFTPAQ SOLUTION:  SP5991
PART NUMBER:  140245-401
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Contura 420/430 ROMPaq Upgrade (23 December 1997)
VERSION:  486K2_122397 Rev A
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Portables/ROMPaqs

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Contura 420, Contura 430

OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  2 February 1998

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.X

SUPERSEDES:  SP1651 (04/29/96 ROM) 

DESCRIPTION:  Creates the ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for the 
Compaq Contura 420/430, which allows a user to upgrade to the 12/23/97 
System ROM.

Enhancements/Fixes:

- Year 2000 Compliance
  Ensures that the Year and Century values in the System Date are updated 
  properly through the year 2079 (NSTL Y2K Compliance).

- Fixes a problem in the POST initialization that caused the Year value
  of the System Date to "jump" up to a century away from the actual date.

HOW TO USE:

1.  Obtain a formatted 1.44-MB diskette.

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.  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.  Power down the computer.

6.  Place the newly created Compaq Contura 420/430 ROMpaq Diskette in 
Drive A: and power up the computer. Follow the instructions on the 
screen to upgrade the System ROM.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER TO THE SYSTEM WHILE PERFORMING 
THIS PROCEDURE!

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