Downloading and Installing a KBC ROM Update | Compaq 285558-001

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.

ÄCAUTION: 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, see the Hardware Guide, “Drives” chapter, on this CD.

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.

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/athome/support/

❏For corporate access products, visit: http://www.compaq.com/support/files

5.In the Notebooks list, select your notebook series.

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