Thomas,

You asked:

>>How do I find the FCC ID, and do I have to take everything apart?<<

You should be able to see the FCC ID number on the motherboard when you open 
the case.  However, with a mini-tower, it may be partially obscured by some 
drive bays/power supply.  All electronic devices, including your telephone 
and mouse have FCC ID numbers to indicate that they have been tested for 
interference.  For example, my trackball has the FCC ID of:  FUU4TGMAP1.  
Usually, the number will be preceeded by "FCC" or "FCC ID." The first three 
letters are unique for the manufacturer and the rest identify the product.  
The FCC web site is: www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/

>>Motherboard booklet said nothing about upgrading the BIOS.<<

Not unusual.  My Gateway books don't say anything about my BIOS being a flash 
BIOS either and I didn't find out that it could be upgraded without 
physically replacing the BIOS until I contacted Gateway. While Phoenix does 
not directly provide upgrades to their BIOS, they *do* have an authorized 
company, Micro Firmware, that will provide flash BIOS upgrades.  (Not only to 
Phoenix, but also to other BIOSes.)  Micro Firmware has/had a money back 
guarantee if you weren't satisfied with their upgrade.  The upgrade would 
save the old BIOS info and reinstall it if you did not want to keep the new 
BIOS upgrade installed.

>>Does Promise's ISA DriveMax permit DOS to see up to 128 GB Ultra EIDE hard
drive?<<

I assume that it does.  As I understand the boot process, DOS loads the BIOS 
from non-volatile ROM into a designated area of high memory.  Then, it starts 
looking for BIOSes on all of the boards installed and loads their BIOSes into 
high memory.  I will let you know about Promise's DriveMax as I bought one 
and will install it in one of my computers as soon as I make adjustments in 
or replace my monitor and backup the computer.  The manual indicates a jumper 
has to be set to designate the address where the BIOS from the board has to 
be installed.  

Hope this helps.

Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona  USA

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