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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!weyrich!orville
- From: orville%weyrich@tnet.com (Orville R. Weyrich)
- Subject: Re: Help! AMI bios won't recongize my RLL drive!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.082353.2524@weyrich.UUCP>
- Sender: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich)
- Reply-To: tnet.com!weyrich!orville
- Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
- References: <715837192.1@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 08:23:53 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In article <715837192.1@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP> David.Norman@ttlg.UUCP (David Norman) writes:
- >Hello DAVID!
- >
- >01 Sep 92 22:32, DAVID E. STILL wrote to All:
- >
- > DES> From: destill@mtu.edu (DAVID E. STILL)
- > DES> o-state.edu!caen!mtu.edu!destill Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- > DES> Subject: Help! AMI bios won't recongize my RLL drive! Organization:
- > DES> Michigan Technological University
- > DES> @Message-ID: <1992Sep1.223230.6151@mtu.edu>
- > DES> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:32:30 GMT
- > DES>
- > DES> I'm having a little trouble with my computer. The AMI bios won't
- > DES> recognize my RLL drive. Both the drive and the controller work (at least
- > DES> in an XT), so the problem is in the BIOS. I'm using AMI BIOS on a 386sx
- > DES> @ 25Mhz. Here are the drive and controller specs:
- > DES>
- > DES> Seagate ST225 formatted at 31M RLL (ST238 equiv?)
- > DES> 8-bit Western Digital contr. WD1002A-27X
- > DES>
- >
- >Tell Cmos that there is no hard drive. This should solve your problem.
- >
-
- I had a similar problem with a 16 bit WD controller -- it was solved by
- DISABLING the on-board ROM BIOS on the controller and using the motherboard
- BIOS. I don't know what your options are for your card and MB -- either might
- work.
-
-
- orville
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