TITLE: ROMPaq for Compaq Presario 900xx and Evo N1005v/N1015v System ROM Update VERSION: F.0B DESCRIPTION: This SoftPaq creates a ROMPaq firmware diskette that can be used to locally restore or upgrade the System BIOS in the Presario and Evo models listed below. PURPOSE: Routine SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP25830 SUPERSEDES: SP25122 EFFECTIVE DATE: November 25, 2003 CATEGORY: BIOS SSM SUPPORTED: No PRODUCT TYPE(S): Notebook PRODUCT MODEL(S): Compaq Evo 1005v Compaq Evo 1015v Compaq Presario 900AP, 900LA, 900US, 900US, 901AP, 901EA, 901EA, 902AP, 902AU, 902EA, 902EA, 902FR, 903AP, 903EA, 903KR ,904AP, 904EA, 904EA, 904RSH,905AP, 905AP, 905AU, 905EA, 905EA, 905LA, 905TC, 905US, 906AP, 906EA, 906US, 907AP, 907EA, 907EA, 908EA, 908EA, 909EA, 910AP, 910EA, 910EA, 910US, 911DE, 912EA, 912RSH,914EA, 915CA, 915EA, 915EA, 915US, 916US, 917DE, 917EA, 918RSH,919EA, 919EA, 920AP, 920CA, 920EA, 920EA, 920LA, 920US, 921AP, 922UK, 923AP, 925AP, 925EA, 927AP, 930AP, 935AP, 940AP, 943AP, 945AP, 950AP, 955AP OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Home Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Professional LANGUAGE(S): US English FIXES: - Fixes cardbus performance issue. PREREQUISITES: N/A HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a temporary, empty directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to create a bootable ROMPaq diskette. 3. Restart the notebook, allowing it to boot from the ROMPaq diskette. Follow the on-screen instructions to update the System BIOS. 4. After upgrading to the new BIOS, you may delete all temporary files and the SoftPaq file downloaded in step 1. IMPORTANT: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER TO THE COMPUTER WHILE PERFORMING THIS PROCEDURE! Copyright (c) 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.