SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP7796 PART NUMBER: 277302-041 FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Personal Computer Diagnostics VERSION: 10.29 Rev A LANGUAGE: German CATEGORY: Diagnostics-Setup DIVISIONS: Desktop PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Deskpro and Presario products OPERATING SYSTEM: N/A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 1998 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 3.1 SUPERSEDES: SP7322 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. Enhancements/fixes: - Support for Armada 3500. - Support for Professional Workstations AP500, SP700. - Added DIMM speed display on Workstation products. 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. 4. 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. 5. Shut down and power off the computer. 6. Place the newly created Diagnostics diskette in Drive A:, and power up the computer, allowing the computer to boot from the diskettte. 7. 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