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Installing Software Updates, Installing a Downloaded SoftPaq, Installing a System ROM

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Installing Software Updates Installing a Downloaded SoftPaq 1. Open and read the Readme.txt file included with the download. 2. Follow the installation instructions in the Readme.txt file or on the Compaq website. Installing a System ROM The easiest way to install a system ROM is from a diskette. NOTE: A system ROM cannot be installed directly from any other drive medium, including a SuperDisk LS-120 disk. A system ROM can be installed directly from your hard drive only if you start up the computer and perform the installation in MS-DOS. The procedures for downloading a ROMPaq or loading a system ROM from a Compaq CD-ROM include the extraction of the installation files to a diskette. Be sure you have removed the diskette containing the system ROM from the diskette drive or the SuperDisk LS-120 drive before beginning the following procedure. 1. Shut down the computer. 2. Connect the computer to an electrical outlet. CAUTION: The system ROM will not install properly if the computer is docked or running on battery power. During the installation, do not shut down or unplug the computer. 3. Insert the diskette containing the system ROM into a diskette drive or a SuperDisk LS-120 drive. 4. Turn on the computer, then follow the instructions on the screen. 5. At the end of the installation process displayed on the screen, remove the diskette. 6. To complete the installation, shut down the computer. NOTE: Do not restart the computer immediately after installing a system ROM. To continue working after a message on the screen reports that the installation is complete, shut down the computer, wait 10 seconds, then turn on the computer. Maintenance, Travel, and Shipping 15-3

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Maintenance, Travel, and Shipping
15-3
Installing Software Updates
Installing a Downloaded SoftPaq
1. Open and read the Readme.txt file included with the
download.
2. Follow the installation instructions in the Readme.txt file or
on the Compaq website.
Installing a System ROM
The easiest way to install a system ROM is from a diskette.
NOTE:
A system ROM cannot be installed directly from any other
drive medium, including a SuperDisk LS-120 disk. A system
ROM can be installed directly from your hard drive only if you
start up the computer and perform the installation in MS-DOS.
The procedures for downloading a ROMPaq or loading a system
ROM from a Compaq CD-ROM include the extraction of the
installation files to a diskette.
Be sure you have removed the diskette containing the system
ROM from the diskette drive or the SuperDisk LS-120 drive
before beginning the following procedure.
1. Shut down the computer.
2. Connect the computer to an electrical outlet.
CAUTION:
The system ROM will not install properly if the computer
is docked or running on battery power. During the installation, do
not shut down or unplug the computer.
3. Insert the diskette containing the system ROM into a diskette
drive or a SuperDisk LS-120 drive.
4. Turn on the computer, then follow the instructions on
the screen.
5. At the end of the installation process displayed on the screen,
remove the diskette.
6. To complete the installation, shut down the computer.
NOTE:
Do not
restart
the computer immediately after installing
a system ROM. To continue working after a message on the
screen reports that the installation is complete,
shut down
the
computer, wait 10 seconds, then turn on the computer.