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Downloading and Installing a KBC ROM Update, Downloading a KBC ROM Update

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Software Updates and Restorations Downloading and Installing a KBC ROM Update To update KBC ROM from the Internet, you must download the update to a diskette, then install the update from the diskette. Ä CAUTION: To prevent an unsuccessful installation, download and install the KBC ROM only while the notebook is connected to reliable external power using the AC Adapter. (Do not download or install a KBC ROM while the notebook is running on battery power, docked in an optional port replicator, or connected to an optional power source.) During the download and installation: ■ Do not unplug the notebook from the electrical outlet. ■ Do not shut down the notebook. ■ Do not remove or insert a drive. Downloading a KBC ROM Update To download a KBC ROM update: 1. Insert a diskette drive or a SuperDisk drive into the notebook. For instructions, refer on this CD to the Hardware Guide, "Drives" section. 2. Obtain a formatted 1.44-megabyte or larger diskette. (A KBC ROM can be installed from a diskette drive diskette, but not a SuperDisk drive disk.) 3. Insert the diskette into the diskette drive or the SuperDisk drive. 4. Access the page at the Compaq Web site that provides software for your notebook. ❏ For home and small office products, visit: http://www.compaq.com/consumersupport ❏ For corporate access products, visit: http://www.compaq.com/support/files 5. In the Notebook column, select your notebook series. Software Guide 6-7

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Software Updates and Restorations
Software Guide
6–7
Downloading and Installing a KBC ROM Update
To update KBC ROM from the Internet, you must download the
update to a diskette, then install the update from the diskette.
Ä
CAUTION:
To prevent an unsuccessful installation, download and install
the KBC ROM only while the notebook is connected to reliable external
power using the AC Adapter. (Do not download or install a KBC ROM
while the notebook is running on battery power, docked in an optional
port replicator, or connected to an optional power source.) During the
download and installation:
■
Do not unplug the notebook from the electrical outlet.
■
Do not shut down the notebook.
■
Do not remove or insert a drive.
Downloading a KBC ROM Update
To download a KBC ROM update:
1.
Insert a diskette drive or a SuperDisk drive into the notebook.
For instructions, refer on this CD to the
Hardware Guide,
“Drives” section.
2. Obtain a formatted 1.44-megabyte or larger diskette.
(A KBC ROM can be installed from a diskette drive diskette,
but not a SuperDisk drive disk.)
3. Insert the diskette into the diskette drive or the SuperDisk
drive.
4. Access the page at the Compaq Web site that provides
software for your notebook.
❏
For home and small office products, visit:
❏
For corporate access products, visit:
5. In the Notebook column, select your notebook series.