SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP7927
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  N/A
FILE SIZE: 556,338
TITLE:  Presario 1230/1232 System ROM Upgrade
VERSION:  07/02/98
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Consumer

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Presario Models 1230 and 1232 only
          CAUTION:  Applying this ROM upgrade to other models may render your
                    computer useless.

OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  July 2, 1998

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.01

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  Creates a bootable ROM upgrade diskette that can
be used to upgrade the System ROM in ONLY the Presario models
specifically mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section above.

Enhancements/Fixes:
 - Fixes a problem with "Fatal Exception" blue screen errors under Windows 98.
 - Fixes problems experienced with some memory modules.
 - Enhances Univeral Serial Bus (USB) operation.


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.  From Windows 95, shut down the computer.

6.  Turn off the computer.  Insert the created ROM upgrade diskette in
    drive A: and turn on the computer, allowing the system to boot from
    the diskette.  The ROM upgrade procedure starts automatically.

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

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