SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP15343 PART NUMBER: 352660-404 FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Professional Workstation AP200 System ROMPaq VERSION: 686W7_071399 Rev A LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: ROMPaqs DIVISIONS: Workstations PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Professional Workstation AP200 OPERATING SYSTEM: N/A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 2000 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.x SUPERSEDES: SP13348 DESCRIPTION: Creates a ROMPaq diskette that allows a user to update the System ROM in a Compaq Professional Workstation AP200 to the 07/13/99 version. The diskette also contains foreign language modules that can be used to flash foreign language strings into the system ROM for use in F10 Setup. Enhancements/Fixes: - Added support for Intel Pentium III processor stepping change C0. 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 a formatted diskette in the drive to create the diskette. 4. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2. 5. Keeping the newly created diskette in the A: drive, cycle system power to boot from the ROMPaq diskette. 6. Follow the on-screen instructions to flash the System ROM. WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER DURING THE SYSTEM ROM FLASH PROCESS!!!! Flash Recovery Instructions (in case of system ROM corruption): 1) Power down the computer to be flashed. 2) Insert the ROMPaq diskette into the floppy drive and power up the computer. If the system ROM is corrupt the computer will beep and no video will be seen. 3) If the flash diskette is bad or no diskette is installed, the NUM LOCK keyboard LED will turn ON. The CAPS LOCK and SCROLL LOCK keyboard LEDs will be OFF. 4) If the computer has a setup password set, the CAPS LOCK keyboard LED will be ON. The NUM LOCK and SCROLL LOCK keyboard LEDs will be OFF. Please enter your setup password at this time. 5) The ROMPaq diskette will boot and begin the flash process. Do not turn off the computer until the flash is completed. 6) If the flash is SUCCESSFUL, the NUM LOCK, CAPS LOCK, and SCROLL LOCK keyboard LEDs will be turned ON. Also, the computer will play a series of rising tones at the end of a good flash. Remove the ROMPaq diskette and cycle power. If the flash FAILS, the SCROLL LOCK LED will be ON and the CAPS LOCK and NUM LOCK LEDS will be OFF. WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER DURING THE SYSTEM ROM FLASH PROCESS!!!! Copyright 2000 Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.