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- From: kwang@zeus.calpoly.edu (Kevin Wang aka The Scarecrow)
- Subject: Re: Upgrading AWARD BIOS. Possible ?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.184143.107718@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- Organization: The Outland Riders
- References: <1992Sep12.180604.2023@genes.icgeb.trieste.it> <1992Sep12.223909.2793@panix.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:41:43 GMT
- Lines: 53
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- In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:
- >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
-
- YIKES! that's got quite a few years on it! It has to be more than 2 years
- old...at least 3.5 years....
-
- >>Questions:
- >>1) Is is possible to upgrade the BIOS with a newer type, which ?
-
- Yes. You must first identify your motherboard hardware first, whether it's
- a "Standard Chipset" "Chips & Technologies" "C&T NEAT chipset" etc, etc
- etc.
-
- >>2) What would be the cost of the operation ?
- >
- >Expect to pay $60-$100 depending on source.
-
- Wrong. I know of suppliers that will resell them for $25-$50
-
- >>3) How do I contact the AWARD people ?
- >
- >That is irrelevant.
- >
- >BIOS authors don't deal directly with end users.
-
- WRONG. Call Award Software at (408) 370-7979, Los Gatos, California,
- and they can redirect you to the closest end-user reseller.
-
- >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).
-
- there is no "best match" when you're talking about chipsets and bios
- compatibility. The hardware chipsets are always so radically different
- from one another that you can never simply "re-use" or substitute another
- set of BIOS.
-
- - Kevin Wang
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- kwang@hermes.calpoly.edu or kwang@gauss.elee.calpoly.edu
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