SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP6264 
PART NUMBER:  276524-006
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Presario 4500 Specific Models System ROM Upgrade
VERSION:  6.0.G
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Consumer/Rompaq

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Only Compaq Presario Models 4540, 4546, 4550, 4555, 4560, 
                    and 4565ES
          CAUTION:  Applying this ROM upgrade to other models may render your 
                    computer useless.

OPERATING SYSTEM:  Microsoft Windows 95

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  6 February 1998

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.X

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  Creates a bootable ROMPaq firmware upgrade diskette that can 
be used to upgrade the System ROM in ONLY the Presario models mentioned above.

Enhancements/Fixes:
 - Corrects lockup problems, including problems related to the ZIP drive.
 = Corrects noises coming from speakers or headphones when accessing hard drive
   or using mouse. 

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. Insert the created ROMPaq upgrade diskette in drive A: and restart the 
computer, allowing the system to boot from the diskette.

DO NOT TURN OFF THE COMPUTER DURING THE UPGRADE PROCESS!

Follow the on-screen prompts to upgrade the System ROM.

Copyright 1998, Compaq Computer Corporation.  All rights reserved.
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