TITLE: Presario 700 Series and Evo N115 System ROM Update VERSION: F.0C DESCRIPTION: This Softpaq contains a System ROM Update for the models listed below. PURPOSE: Recommended Update SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP21769 SUPERSEDES: SP20814 EFFECTIVE DATE: July 15, 2002 CATEGORY: ROMPaqs/BIOS and Firmware SSM SUPPORTED: No PRODUCT TYPE(S): Notebooks PRODUCT MODEL(S): Compaq Presario 700AP, 700CA, 700EA, 700LA, 700TC, 700UK, 700US, 701AP, 701CL, 701EA, 701FR, 701JP, 701LA, 702AP, 702EA, 702US, 703AP, 703JP, 705CA, 705EA, 705US, 706EA, 709EA, 710CA, 710EA, 710JP, 710TC, 710US, 711AP, 711AU, 711CL, 711EA, 711LA, 711TC, 712AP, 712AU, 712LA, 712EA, 713EA, 714EA, 715CA, 715AP, 715EA, 715US, 716EA, 717EA, 717RSH, 718EA, 719EA, 720AP, 720AU, 720CA, 720EA,720JP, 720LA, 720TC, 720US, 721AP, 721AU, 721CL, 721EA, 721LA, 722EA, 722US, 723EA, 723RSH, 724AU, 724EA, 725AP, 725AU, 725CA, 725EA, 725LA, 725US, 726EA Compaq Evo N115 Series, All Models OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Microsoft Windows XP Home Microsoft Windows XP Professional LANGUAGE(S): US English FIXES: - Fixes intermittent issue where BIOS password would be unintentionally modified. PREREQUISITES: N/A HOW TO USE: NOTE: You must login to your computer as Administrator in order to update the System ROM properly. 1. Download the SoftPaq to a temporary directory.The file downloaded is an executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file. Then follow the instructions to continue updating the System ROM. CAUTION: DO NOT INTERRUPT OR TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER DURING THE UPDATE PROCESS! 3. The computer should automatically re-start when the ROM update is finished. If the computer does not automatically re-start, you will need to turn it off and turn it back on for the changes to be in effect. (c) 2002 Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. Compaq and the Compaq logo are trademarks of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. in the U.S. and other countries. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.