SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP7783 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Personal Computer Diagnostics VERSION: 10.27 Rev D LANGUAGE: Italian CATEGORY: Diagnostics-Setup DIVISIONS: Desktops Consumer PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Deskpro and Presario products OPERATING SYSTEM: N/A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: July 24, 1998 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 3.1 SUPERSEDES: SP7042 DESCRIPTION: Unpacks the files needed to create a bootable Compaq Personal Computer Diagnostics diskette, which supports currently shipping Deskpro and Presario products. NOTE: This version or another version of Personal Computer Diagnostics is included in separate Armada and Professional Workstations SoftPaqs, which often also include Computer Setup. PC Diagnostics is installed on the Diagnostics Partition for those systems which support it and have hard drives. It is shipped as a diskette or diskette image on other products. A Compaq Personal Computer Diagnostics diskette contains programs that can perform the following tasks: - TEST - INSPECT (display machine config) The diskette in this SoftPaq can be used to update PC Diagnostics on the Diagnostics Partition or to restore it if the Diagnostics Partition has been destroyed. PC Diagnostics can be run by pressing F10 during power-up or reboot when prompted in the lower right corner of the screen on some models or when the cursor jumps to the upper right corner of the screen on other models. Or it can be run directly from this diskette. NOTE: For the Deskpro EP Series, PC Diagnostics must be run from diskette. Enhancements/fixes: - Added support for French 56K modem. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. Entering "Y" to confirm the unpacking of files creates a new directory folder in the download directory. All files are unpacked into this newly created directory. 3. To create the Diagnostics diskette, run MAKEDISK.BAT and follow on-screen instructions. 3. After the Diagnostic diskette has been created, you may delete the self-extracting file downloaded in step 1, as well as the directory folder and files created in step 2. 4. Shut down and power off the computer. 5. Place the newly created Diagnostics diskette in Drive A:, and power up the computer, allowing the computer to boot from the diskettte. 6. To install or upgrade Personal Computer Diagnostics on the Diagnostics Partition, select "Create" or "Update" partition from the "Manage Diagnostics Partition" menu, and follow the prompts. Or select the option to run PC Diagnostics from the diskette. Copyright 1998, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies