>Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 19:57:46 +0400
>From: karen lewellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: bios upgrades and hds?
>
>hi all,
>i am in need of a larger hd for my 486-66dx computer...
Kluge # 1
Why not try a SCSI drive.. it has it's own "on-board" Bios.
I had to do this, as I have an AMI Bios on one mutant-machine,
and a deliberately-designed-to-be-non-upgradeable M-Board, with
a Phoenix Bios, on another.
The S.C.S.I. Controller Card doesn't even show-up.
(In the Computers' Bios "Setup" screen, it says:
"Drive C.. Not Installed" ;)
>...upgrade this bios, or get a different one?
Kluge # 2
Yep, you can <try> to upgrade the Bios..
I have the "AMI Bios Programmers Manual"; and, "The Bios
Companion", by Phil Croucher; if you need specifics.
It's just a real pain, and there's always the chance that
you'll fry something a little-more important, like the cpu.
(Ah, but this is what we Listers live for...
The Thrill of Victory, and, the Agony of Defeat tm.)
I wound-up taking kluge # 1 above..
DC Drives (Dirt-Cheap Drives) had a special on it, from an
advert in "Computer Shopper".
Regards, Gregory.
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