SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP13986 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Professional Workstation AP400/AP500 Flash Recovery ROMPaq VERSION: 686W5_071099 Rev A LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: ROMPaqs DIVISIONS: Workstations PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Professional Workstation AP400 and Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 OPERATING SYSTEM: N/A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 2000 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.x SUPERSEDES: SP13983 DESCRIPTION: Creates the Flash Recovery ROMPaq Firmware Diskette for the Compaq Professional Workstation AP400 and AP500. The flash recovery diskette is used when the System ROM is corrupt and a normal ROMPaq diskette will not work because no video is available. The flash recovery ROMPaq overcomes this situation by using a combination of system beeps and system LEDs to communicate with the user. The diskette contains an image of the 07-10-99 AP400/AP500 System ROM. Enhancements/Fixes: - Corrects a condition that was not allowing the system to boot from a bootable CDR media disk if it was inserted into a CDR drive. 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. Detailed instructions on how to use the flash recovery diskette are in a README.TXT file located on the flash diskette. Copyright 2000 Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.