Bug fix for Compaq Presario 121xxx Series notebook computers...

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Bug fix for Compaq Presario 121xxx Series notebook computers.

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This question was answered on July 6, 2001. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

Compaq has issued a System ROM update to fix compatibily issues with the AMD Duron processors used in the Presario 121xxx Series notebook models.

The models affected are:

Compaq Presario 1210JP, 1210EA, 1210CA, 1210US, 1210LA, 1211EA, 1211LA, 1211CA, 1212EA, 1212CL, 1213EA, 1213CL, 1214NE, 1214SR, 1214EA, 1215EA, 1215US, 1215JP, 1216JP, 1216EA, 1217JP, 1219JP

The update (Softpaq SP18183) is a download that creates a bootable disk that will update the System ROM chip with the fix.

The enhancement will do the following:

- Enables PowerNow support for Duron (Morgan) 800/850/900 MHz CPUs.

- Enables AMD SSE CPU function.

- Corrects AMD CPU Name String

Get the patch at:

<a href="http://web14.compaq.com/falco/sp_syn.asp?page=splist&detail=yes&recid=18183" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">>http://web14.compaq.com/falco/sp_syn.asp?page=splist&detail=yes&recid=18183</font></a>

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Posted by Ken of Data Doctors on July 6, 2001