SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP15566 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Presario DVD Drive Firmware Upgrade for LG DVD Only VERSION: 1.14 LANGUAGE: US English CATEGORY: ROMPaqs DIVISIONS: Consumer PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Presario 5BW110, 5BW120, 5BW124, 5BW131, 5BW140, 5BW154, 5BW160, 5BW172, 5BW177, 5BW175, 5BW180, 5BW181, 5BW190, 5BW237, 5BW250, 5BW251, 5BW254, 5BW257, 5BW271, 5BW275, 5BW280, 5BW282, 5BW284, 5BW285, 5WV287, 5WV290, 5WV293, 5WV294, 5WV295, 5WV296, 5WV297, 7482, 7487, 7AP110, 7AP134, 7AP135, 7AP140, 7AP147, 7AP160, 7AP170, 7AP180, 7AP190, 7AP193, 7AP195, 7AP250, 7AP260, 7AP270, 7AP273, 7AP287, 7AP290, and 7AP295 OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: September 20, 2000 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: N/A SUPERSEDES: N/A DESCRIPTION: This allows you to upgrade the LG DVD drive firmware in the Presario models listed above. It creates a bootable disk that is used to perform the upgrade. HOW TO USE: 1. Create a directory named LG on drive C. Download the SoftPaq into the LG directory. The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. It will automatically extract itself and prompt for a diskette to be placed in Drive A. 2. Follow directions on the screen to create the bootable diskette. 3. Once the diskette is created, reboot the system with the diskette in Drive A. 4. After system reboots to an A prompt, type UPDATE at the prompt. 5. Follow directions on the screen to udpate the DVD ROM. 6. Select Compaq DVD-ROM DRD 8080B as the selected drive. 7. Select PROGRAM to start the udpate. 8. When update is complete, remove diskette from drive A and reboot again. Copyright 2000, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.