SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP6264 PART NUMBER: 276524-006 FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Presario 4500 Specific Models System ROM Upgrade VERSION: 6.0.G LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Consumer/Rompaq PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Only Compaq Presario Models 4540, 4546, 4550, 4555, 4560, and 4565ES CAUTION: Applying this ROM upgrade to other models may render your computer useless. OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 95 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: 6 February 1998 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X SUPERSEDES: N/A DESCRIPTION: Creates a bootable ROMPaq firmware upgrade diskette that can be used to upgrade the System ROM in ONLY the Presario models mentioned above. Enhancements/Fixes: - Corrects lockup problems, including problems related to the ZIP drive. = Corrects noises coming from speakers or headphones when accessing hard drive or using mouse. HOW TO USE: 1. Obtain a formatted 1.44-MB diskette. 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. 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. Insert the created ROMPaq upgrade diskette in drive A: and restart the computer, allowing the system to boot from the diskette. DO NOT TURN OFF THE COMPUTER DURING THE UPGRADE PROCESS! Follow the on-screen prompts to upgrade the System ROM. Copyright 1998, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies