TITLE: SMART Update Utility for Maxtor 5Txxxxx IDE Hard Drives VERSION: 1.00 Rev A DESCRIPTION: This SoftPaq creates a diskette for updating the SMART attribute #10 on Maxtor 5Txxxxx IDE hard drives to correct premature failure notification (1720). PURPOSE: Routine Release SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP22569 SUPERSEDES: None EFFECTIVE DATE: October 21, 2002 CATEGORY: Software Solutions SSM SUPPORTED: No PRODUCT TYPE(S): Desktops PRODUCT MODEL(S): Deskpro EN P667 Deskpro EN P667 (na) Deskpro EN P700 Deskpro EN P733 Deskpro EN P733 (na) Deskpro EN P800 Deskpro EN P866 Deskpro EN P933 Deskpro EN P1.0GHz Deskpro EN SFF P733 (SFF) Deskpro EN SFF P733 (SFF-v) Deskpro EN SFF P800 (SFF) Deskpro EN SFF P800 (SFF-v) Deskpro EN SFF P866 (SFF) Deskpro EN SFF P866 (SFF-v) Deskpro EN SFF P933 (SFF) Deskpro EN SFF P933 (SFF-v) Deskpro EN SFF P1.0GHz (SFF) Deskpro EN SFF P1.0GHz (SFF-v) Deskpro EN SFF P1.13GHz (SFF) Deskpro EN SFF P1.13GHz (SFF-v) Deskpro EX C566 Deskpro EX C600 Deskpro EX C633 Deskpro EX C667 Deskpro EX C700 Deskpro EX P667 Deskpro EX P733 Deskpro EX P800 Deskpro EX P866 Deskpro EX P933 Deskpro EX P1.0GHz Deskpro EX P1.13GHz Deskpro EX P1.20GHz Deskpro EX P1.3GHz Deskpro EX P1.4GHz Deskpro EX P1.5GHz Deskpro EX P1.7GHz Evo D500 All Models Evo D300 All Models OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Widnows XP Professional MS-DOS LANGUAGE(S): US English ENHANCEMENTS: - Changes SMART attribute #10 to correct premature failure notification (1720). PREREQUISITES: N/A HOW TO USE: 1. Obtain a formatted 1.44-MB diskette and place it in your A: drive. 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 to build the diskette. 4. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2. 5. Place the newly created diskette in the A: drive of the computer and cycle system power to boot from the diskette. 6. Follow the on-screen instructions. Copyright (c) 2002 Hewlett-Packard Company. All Rights Reserved. Compaq and the Compaq logo are trademarks of the Hewlett-Packard Company in the U.S. and other countries. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.