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- From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Upgrading AWARD BIOS. Possible ?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.223909.2793@panix.com>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 22:39:09 GMT
- References: <1992Sep12.180604.2023@genes.icgeb.trieste.it>
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC
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- In article <1992Sep12.180604.2023@genes.icgeb.trieste.it> oberto@genes.icgeb.trieste.it (Jacques Oberto) writes:
- >Need help!
- >
- >My 2 year old 386 25Mhz fails to setup its CMOS to recognize
- >a 212 Mb IDE hard-disk from Western Digital. The BIOS is :
- >
- > 386 Modular BIOS V3.02 from AWARD
- >
- >Questions:
- >1) Is is possible to upgrade the BIOS with a newer type, which ?
-
- Perhaps. It would have to be written specifically for the hardware
- architecture of your motherboard.
-
- >2) What would be the cost of the operation ?
-
- Expect to pay $60-$100 depending on source.
-
- >3) How do I contact the AWARD people ?
-
- That is irrelevant.
-
- BIOS authors don't deal directly with end users.
-
- The first place to ask is your dealer or motherboard manufacturer.
- Failing that, get a copy of PC Magazine and check the classifieds at
- the back for BIOS upgrade specialty houses. If there's a "best match"
- for your hardware they can probably find it. Most will take the chips
- back if they plain don't work in your machine (providing you haven't
- damaged them in the process).
-
-
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >Jacques Oberto <oberto@genes.icgeb.trieste.it>
- >
-
-
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