SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP9521
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  KY122298.CAB
TITLE:  Professional Workstation AP200 ROM Image for Remote ROM Flash 
VERSION:  686W7_122298 Rev A
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Workstations

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Professional Workstation AP200
		    
OPERATING SYSTEM:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 18, 1999

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.x

PREREQUISITE:  Remote Management Setup

SUPERSEDES:  SP7744

DESCRIPTION:  Creates a cabinet file that contains a binary image for the 
12/22/98 System ROM in the Professional Workstation AP200.  The CAB 
file is used by Remote Management Setup to flash the System ROM on target 
Workstations on a network.

Enhancements/Fixes:
	
- Includes a fix for ELSA XXL AGP video card initialization.
- Fix to prevent system going to sleep while running NT 4.0.
- Added Intel Celeron 366MHz and Pentium II 450MHz support.
- Fixed L2 Cache Latency initialization problem for the
  Intel Celeron 300A & 333 MHz processors.
- Fixed minor floppy initialization problem.
- Fixed problem where Windows 98 appears to hang for 15 seconds
  while loading up.
- Updated USB keyboard emulation to include support for
  capslock, numlock, and scroll lock.
- Added code to properly initialize video adapters based on
  3DLabs graphics ASIC.
- Changed Setup to make time and date read-only when the
  correct administrator password has not been entered.
- Fixed a problem in which the IBM Magnetic device driver
  locks up when no mouse is installed.
- Fixed a warm boot hang when USB keyboard is attached.
- Fixed a warm boot hang when changing the USB security option
  in Setup.
- Made various ACPI changes per recommendations as required
  for logo and as recommended from Microsoft.
- Fixed Computer Setup Save & Restore problem where the serial
  number was getting transferred during a save and restore
  from one system to another.
- Added Computer Setup options to control F10 prompt, F12 prompt,
  and Option ROM prompting during POST.
- Added new "Output Only" printer mode in Computer Setup.
- Added Computer Setup option to disable PME wake-up.  This works
  around the problem of certain non-PME compliant network
  cards constantly waking up the system and thereby preventing
  shutdown.
- Fixed various resume-on-ring logo issues.
- Added code to reduce power consumption in sleep mode when
  using a Matrox Eclipse card under NT 4.0.
- Improved fan control algorithm.
- Fixed problem where DIMM Asset Management information was
  reported incorrectly for faster processors.

HOW TO USE:

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

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.  The name
of the extracted file is KY122298.CAB.

3. After the CAB file has been created, you may delete the self-extracting file 
downloaded in step 1.

4. Refer to the Remote Management Setup documentation for instructions on 
creating a Remote ROM Flash job to flash the ROM on target Workstations on the 
network.

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