SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP7078
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Netelligent 56K ISA Modem K56flex-to-V.90 Firmware Upgrade
        Wizard
VERSION:  1.00
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Drivers

DIVISIONS:  Comm-Network

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Netelligent 56K ISA Data/Fax Modem 
                    (Firmware Ver. 1.x)

OPERATING SYSTEM:  Microsoft Windows 95/98 (DOS session), 
                   Microsoft Windows 3.1, 
                   Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: IBM Compatible 486DX2/66 or greater with
		      4 MB system RAM, at least 5 MB of free hard
		      disk space, and a Compaq Netelligent 56K 
		      ISA Data/Fax Modem

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  July 8, 1998

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.x

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  Unpacks the files needed to install the K56flex-to-V.90
Upgrade Wizard, which upgrades the modem firmware to the V.90 standard
on Compaq Netelligent 56K ISA Data/Fax Modems.  

The Upgrade Wizard allows the user to switch easily among the 
following three firmware versions at any time:
 - Failsafe backup of the original modem firmware
 - K56flex transitional firmware (V. 2.013A, "V.90-aware")
     NOTE: This firmware permits tracking the modem's connections and 
	   detects when the ISP's modems have been upgraded to the 
	   V.90 standard. 
 - V.90 firmware (V. 2.065)

The Upgrade Wizard performs the following:
 1. Detects the modem and reads the current firmware version. 
 2. Backs up the current firmware of the modem to the users hard disk
    for possible later use.
 3. Lets the user choose to upgrade the modem with either the K56flex
    transitional firmware or the V.90 firmware.
 4. Monitors the connections the modem makes with ISPs and detects if
    the ISP has V.90 capability. If V.90 capability is detected, the 
    user is notified when subsequently running the Update Wizard. 
    The user is then prompted to update the modem with the V.90 
    firmware.

KNOWN ISSUES

The V.90 firmware included with the K56flex-to-V.90 Update Wizard will
not allow highspeed connection to Lucent based Livingston servers.
The following issues have been found:
 - The modem either connects at V.34 speeds or does not connect at all. 
   To correct these errors, the V.90 Wizard must be run and the modem 
   must be loaded with either the Failsafe Backup firmware or the
   K56flex transitional firmware.
 - In some rare cases, the modem locks up and continuously emits a 
   beeping sound. 
   In this case, the PC must be shut down (standard Microsoft Windows
   procedure), turned off and restarted. Then the V.90 Update Wizard 
   must be run, and the modem must be loaded with either the Failsafe 
   Backup firmware or the K56flex transitional firmware.

HOW TO USE:

1. 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.

2. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow
the on-screen instructions.  You will be prompted to confirm (or change)
the name and location of the directory into which the files contained in
the Softpaq will be unpacked.

3. After the files are unpacked, you may delete the SoftPaq file 
downloaded in step 1.

4. To install the K56flex-to-V.90 Update Wizard, run SETUP.EXE from the 
download directory and follow the on-screen instructions.  By default,
the Upgrade Wizard creates the subdirectory \Compaq\CN56KISA\V90Wizrd 
on the hard drive, and the icons "V90 Wizard" and "Uninstall" in the 
program group "Compaq Netelligent 56k ISA".  

5. Double-click on the icon "V90 Wizard" to run the K56flex-to-V.90 
Update Wizard.

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