Compaq N800v - Evo Notebook - Pentium 4-M 1.7 GHz Software Manual page 6

Contents
6 Software Updates and Restorations
Updating Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Preparing for a Software Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Accessing Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Updating Software from the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Restoring Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Installing a Retail Version of an Operating System. . . . 6-11
7 Setup and Diagnostic Utilities
Selecting Computer Setup or Compaq Diagnostics . . . . . 7-1
Using Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Using Compaq Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Index
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Accessing Notebook Model Information . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Accessing ROM Version Information. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Downloading and Installing a System ROM Update 6-5
Downloading and Installing a KBC ROM Update . . 6-7
Downloading and Installing a Non-ROM SoftPaq . . 6-9
Computer Setup Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Restoring Computer Setup Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Selecting from the File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Selecting from the Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Selecting from the Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Selecting from the Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Detecting Compaq Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Installing Compaq Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Using the Compaq Configuration Record Scan . . . 7-10
Using the Diagnostics Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
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