TITLE: Presario 1700 and Evo N160 Battery Controller/KBC Firmware Update

VERSION: 9.21
DESCRIPTION: This contains a firmware update for the Battery Controller/KBC (Keyboard 
Controller) in Presario 1700 and Evo N160 Series notebooks.

PURPOSE: Recommended Update
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP21177
SUPERSEDES: SP20317
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 3, 2002
CATEGORY: ROMPaqs/BIOS and Firmware
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Notebooks
 
PRODUCT MODEL(S): 
Presario 1713EA, 1714EA, 1716EA, 1722EA, 1723EA, 1725EA, 1712US, 1720US,
         1722US, 1715CA, 1720CA, 1722CA, 1711CL, 1710LA, 1711LA, 1721LA, 1703AP, 
         1704AP, 1705AP, 1711AP, 1712AP, 1713AP, 1714AP, 1715AP, 1721AP, 1722AP, 
         1723AP, 1724AP, 1725AP, 1722AU, 1713SC, 1714SC, 1715SC, 1716SC, 1723SC, 
         1724SC, 1725SC, 1711TC, 1712TC, 1713TC, 1714TC, 1715TC, 1716TC, 1721TC, 
         1723TC, 1725TC, 1722TC, 1724TC, 1726TC, 1717RSH, 1703KR, 1704KR 
Evo N160: All Models

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 
LANGUAGE(S): 
US English
 
FIXES: 
- Fixes USB numerick keypad issue.
- Fixes"I" membrane keyboard matrix.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A
 
HOW TO USE: 
 

1.  Obtain a formatted 1.44-MB diskette.

2.  Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive. 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.  Turn off the notebook to be updated and insert the created diskette.

7.  Turn the notebook on, allowing it to boot from the diskette.

8.  Follow the on-screen instructions to update the Keyboard Controller ROM.

    IMPORTANT: DO NOT TURN OFF THE COMPUTER DURING THE UPGRADE PROCESS!


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