SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP8794
PART NUMBER:  277321-291, 277322-291
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Personal Computer Diagnostics 
VERSION:  10.30 Rev A
LANGUAGE:  Japanese

CATEGORY:  Diagnostics-Setup

DIVISIONS:  Desktop
            Consumer

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Deskpro and Presario products

OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 10, 1998

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  3.1 (Japanese)

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:
Unpacks the files needed to create a bootable Compaq Personal Computer
Diagnostics diskette, which supports currently shipping Deskpro and 
Presario products.  
NOTE:  This version or another version of Personal Computer Diagnostics is 
included in separate Armada and Professional Workstations SoftPaqs, 
which often also include Computer Setup.

PC Diagnostics is installed on the Diagnostics Partition for those
systems which support it and have hard drives.  It is shipped as a
diskette or diskette image on other products.

Enhancements/Fixes:
- When running from Consumer QuickRestore CD, write output files
  to user's C: partition.
- Adds support for Diamond Viper V330 and Diamond Stealth II
  G640 graphics controllers.
- Modifies network interface controller node address check to
  ensure that newer controllers are IDed properly.
- Adds support for additional CD-ROM drives.

HOW TO USE:

1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive.
The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename 
based on the SoftPaq Number above.

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. 
Entering "Y" to confirm the unpacking of files creates a new directory 
folder in the download directory.  All files are unpacked into this 
newly created directory.

3. To create the two Diagnostics diskettes, run MAKEDISK.BAT and 
follow on-screen instructions.

4. After the Diagnostic diskettes have been created, you may delete the  
self-extracting file downloaded in step 1, as well as the directory
folder and files created in step 2.

5. Shut down and power off the computer.

6. Place the newly created Diagnostics diskette #1 in Drive A:, and 
power up the computer, allowing the computer to boot from the diskettte.

7. To install or upgrade Personal Computer Diagnostics on the Diagnostics 
Partition, select "Create" or "Update" partition from the "Manage Diagnostics 
Partition" menu, and follow the prompts.  Or select the option to run 
PC Diagnostics from the diskette.

Copyright 1998, Compaq Computer Corporation.  All rights reserved.

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