SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP9521 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: KY122298.CAB TITLE: Professional Workstation AP200 ROM Image for Remote ROM Flash VERSION: 686W7_122298 Rev A LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: ROMPaqs DIVISIONS: Workstations PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Professional Workstation AP200 OPERATING SYSTEM: N/A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: January 18, 1999 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.x PREREQUISITE: Remote Management Setup SUPERSEDES: SP7744 DESCRIPTION: Creates a cabinet file that contains a binary image for the 12/22/98 System ROM in the Professional Workstation AP200. The CAB file is used by Remote Management Setup to flash the System ROM on target Workstations on a network. Enhancements/Fixes: - Includes a fix for ELSA XXL AGP video card initialization. - Fix to prevent system going to sleep while running NT 4.0. - Added Intel Celeron 366MHz and Pentium II 450MHz support. - Fixed L2 Cache Latency initialization problem for the Intel Celeron 300A & 333 MHz processors. - Fixed minor floppy initialization problem. - Fixed problem where Windows 98 appears to hang for 15 seconds while loading up. - Updated USB keyboard emulation to include support for capslock, numlock, and scroll lock. - Added code to properly initialize video adapters based on 3DLabs graphics ASIC. - Changed Setup to make time and date read-only when the correct administrator password has not been entered. - Fixed a problem in which the IBM Magnetic device driver locks up when no mouse is installed. - Fixed a warm boot hang when USB keyboard is attached. - Fixed a warm boot hang when changing the USB security option in Setup. - Made various ACPI changes per recommendations as required for logo and as recommended from Microsoft. - Fixed Computer Setup Save & Restore problem where the serial number was getting transferred during a save and restore from one system to another. - Added Computer Setup options to control F10 prompt, F12 prompt, and Option ROM prompting during POST. - Added new "Output Only" printer mode in Computer Setup. - Added Computer Setup option to disable PME wake-up. This works around the problem of certain non-PME compliant network cards constantly waking up the system and thereby preventing shutdown. - Fixed various resume-on-ring logo issues. - Added code to reduce power consumption in sleep mode when using a Matrox Eclipse card under NT 4.0. - Improved fan control algorithm. - Fixed problem where DIMM Asset Management information was reported incorrectly for faster processors. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable. 2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. The name of the extracted file is KY122298.CAB. 3. After the CAB file has been created, you may delete the self-extracting file downloaded in step 1. 4. Refer to the Remote Management Setup documentation for instructions on creating a Remote ROM Flash job to flash the ROM on target Workstations on the network. Copyright 1998, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.