TITLE: ROMPaq for HP Rugged Tablet PC System BIOS – DOS Bootable Diskette VERSION: 1.31 DESCRIPTION: This SoftPaq creates a diskette for upgrading the System BIOS in the listed Rugged Tablet PC models. The BIOS interfaces directly with the hardware of the computer. PURPOSE: Routine SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP27969 SUPERSEDES: None EFFECTIVE DATE: May 19, 2004 CATEGORY: BIOS SSM SUPPORTED: No PRODUCT TYPE(S): Notebooks PRODUCT MODEL(S): HP Rugged Tablet PC tr3000 OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Editon LANGUAGE(S): US English HOW TO USE: 1. Insert a blank, formatted 1.44-MB diskette in the diskette drive. 2. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file 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 unpack the files. 4. From the sub-directory MAKEBOOT in the download directory, execute MAKEBOOT and follow the on-screen instructions to create the bootable diskette. 5. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the SoftPaq .EXE file downloaded in Step 2. 6. Power Off the computer. 7. Place the newly created ROMPaq diskette in Drive A: and Power On the computer. Follow the on-screen instructions to update the System BIOS. IMPORTANT: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER TO THE COMPUTER WHILE PERFORMING THIS PROCEDURE! Copyright (c) 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.