SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP10200 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: UPD116.EXE TITLE: Firmware Update for Western Digital IDE Hard Drives VERSION: 1.00 Rev A LANGUAGE: US English CATEGORY: ROMPaqs DIVISIONS: Desktops PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Deskpro 2000, Deskpro 2000MMX, Deskpro 4000, Deskpro 4000MMX, Deskpro 6000, Deskpro 6000MMX, Deskpro EN LFF, Deskpro EN SFF, Deskpro EP OPERATING SYSTEM: N/A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1999 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X SUPERSEDES: N/A DESCRIPTION: Creates a bootable diskette that updates particular Western Digital hard drives to fix a SMART threshold issue. It corrects false 1720 errors displayed when the computer is started. The update autodetects all hard drives currently installed. If it finds a Western Digital hard drive that has a firmware revision older than contained in this program, it automatically updates the firmware. Upon completion of all required modifications, the user will be informed that the computer must be power cycled. This firmware update is a non-destructive update. User data is not affected. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a temporary, empty 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. A bootable diskette will be created. 3. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the self-extracting file downloaded in step 1. 4. Put the diskette created by this Softpaq in drive A and reboot the computer. 5. Follow the prompts. Copyright 1999, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies