SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP10627
PART NUMBER: 158642-001

FILE NAME: N/A
TITLE:  Systems ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Diskette for the Compaq ProLiant
                8000 and 8500 Servers.


VERSION:   4.00A
LANGUAGE: English

CATEGORY: ROMPaqs

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: ProLiant 8000 Server (P41)
                   Proliant 8500 Server (P42)




OPERATING SYSTEM AND VERSION:  N/A

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITE:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:   September 17, 1999

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X

SUPERSEDES:  N/a

DESCRIPTION:   This release provides updated system ROM images
for the latest releases of ProLiant 8000 (P41), and Proliant
8500 (P42) Servers.

Server products.



New features -



Problems fixed -


        ROM P41  ProLiant 8000 (09/04/1999)
        ===================================
        Corrected a problem with the Profusion Chipset where the system
        could experience a performance degradation when more than 4gb of
        memory is installed.

        ROM P42  ProLiant 8500 (09/04/1999)
        ===================================
        Corrected a problem with the Profusion Chipset where the system
        could experience a performance degradation when more than 4gb of
        memory is installed.



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 SP10627.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
SP10627 [ENTER]
You will be prompted to place the formatted 1.44 MB diskette into a diskette drive to
create diskette.

4.  After the diskette is created, you may delete the downloaded file
SP10627.EXE if you wish.

5.  Refer to README.TXT on the diskette for instructions on installing and using the
software.

Copyright 1999, Compaq Computer Corporation.  All rights reserved.

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