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SP6442 — Professional Workstation 5100 System ROMPaq

SoftPaq Number SP6442
Filename SP6442.EXE
Size 345K
Date 13 March 1998
Version 686W4_021898 Rev A
Operating System All
Products Affected Compaq Professional Workstation 5100
Supersedes SP5909

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SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP6442
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Professional Workstation 5100 System ROMPaq
VERSION:  686W4_021898 Rev A
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Workstations/ROMPaq

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Professional Workstation 5100

OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  13 March 1998

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.x

SUPERSEDES:  SP5909

DESCRIPTION:  Creates the ROMPaq Upgrade Diskette, which allows a user to 
upgrade the System ROM in a Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 to the 
02/18/98 version.  

Enhancements/Fixes:
- Includes an enhancement that allows multiple STB cards to be installed for
  multiple monitor support. 	
- Includes NT 4.0 fix for Clark UK ISA PnP ISDN Modem.
- Includes support for Compaq PCI dual channel wide-ultra SCSI3 controller  
	
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. Keeping the newly created diskette in the A: drive, cycle 
system power to boot from the ROMPaq diskette.

6. Follow the on-screen instructions to upgrade the System ROM.

WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER 
DURING THE SYSTEM ROM UPGRADE PROCESS!!!!

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