Technical information

PCComplete Assembled Sable

Computers and the Year 2000

The main board

All PCs shipped under the Sable Computer program should be Y2K compliant. To verify, check the BIOS

revision against the chart below. In many cases, the machine will not be compliant if the BIOS revision is not

as recent as the ones listed below, but will still work properly after December 31, 1999.

Main board BIOS

TXP4-X 0108

P5A 1001

P2L97 1001

P2B 1002

P2B-F 1006

P2-99 1009

If the BIOS version of the PCComplete assembled computer does not meet or exceed these revisions, con-

tact PCComplete. It may be necessary to perform a software upgrade on the BIOS. While this information is

available on the ASUS web site (http://www.asus.com/), you may want to consult with a technician at

PCComplete about how to enable BIOS updating as PCComplete normally disables this option before the PC

is shipped. Should you attempt to upgrade the machine, remember to disable the BIOS updating to avoid the

possibility of a virus attacking the BIOS.

Windows NT Workstation 4.0

Windows NT Workstation 4.0 is Y2K compliant with Service Pack 4. While the Service Pack 3 has been

loaded on all Windows NT Workstation computers shipped from PCComplete, this only corrected for most

of the Y2K problems. You may need to install the Service Pack 4 for full Y2K compliance. More information

about this issue can be found at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/topics/year2k/product/user_view4614EN.htm

Below is the URL for downloading the NT 4 Service Pack 4. This installer is very large (about 17.6MB) and

and should not be downloaded unless there are no alternatives.

http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/NT4SvcPk4/default.asp

To order the CD, point your browser to;

http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/NT4SvcPk2CDorder.asp

or call 800/370-8758.

Service Pack 6 has been released but not yet tested with the Sable POS systems. This new updater is said to

fix more problems with the year 2000 which existed in the previous service packs. More information will be

available at a later date.

revision 0.2.8.7