SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP8460
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Teac 24X CD-ROM Drive Firmware Upgrade
VERSION:  8.0M
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Portables

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Armada 7400 Series
		    Compaq Armada 7800 Series 

OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  Teac 24X CD-ROM Drive 

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Immediate

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.x

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  Creates the Teac 24X CD-ROM drive firware upgrade
diskette for the Armada 7400 and Armada 7800 series models that have
the Teac 24X CD-ROM drive.

It is not possible to identify the CD-ROM drive speed or manufacturer
by external means.  If the symptoms in the "Enhancements/Fixes" section
are being encountered, it is suggested that the user try this firmware
upgrade procedure.  If the drive is the wrong type or made by another
supplier, the utility will report back the drive type and current
firmware and will not perform the firmware upgrade.

Enhancements/Fixes:

- Resolves issue of inability to boot to CDR (user-recorded) media and
	problems with reading CDR media.
- Resolves problem of audible noise from the CD drive when operating
	in a vertical position.
- Resolves problem of audio CDs skipping when the drive is in a 
	vertical position.

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. Copy the files from the created diskette to a temporary location on
the hard drive of the portable.

6. Shut down the computer (power down).

7. Remove the floppy drive and plug the 24X CD-ROM drive into the
multi-bay.  Remove any media from the CD-ROM drive.

8. Turn the unit on and boot into MS-DOS (not a DOS window).  If using
Windows 95, this can be done by booting to Windows, clicking the Start
icon, and choosing "Shut Down" and then "Restart the computer in MS-DOS
mode".

9. When in DOS, change to the hard drive directory that contains the
files stored in Step 5.

10. Type in "80mps.bat" to run the program.  The program will report
if the firmware upgrade was successful or not.

11. After successfully re-programming the drive firmware, shut down the
system (cycle power).

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