Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:3872 comp.os.msdos.misc:810 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:4772 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!midway!gargoyle!infopls!system From: system@infopls.UUCP (SYSOP) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Gateway 2000, Diamond SpeedStar, Pheonix Bios questions Keywords: Gateway, Diamond, Phoenix Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 90 23:07:05 GMT References: <4148@cui.unige.ch> Organization: INFOPLUS support, Wheeling, IL Lines: 16 afzal@cui.unige.ch (Afzal Ballim) writes: > The first seems to be a problem with the Phoenix BIOS. When I do something > like "setsys AT8" it tells me that the machine is an MASIC 20 with cache. > However, if I just do "setsys" then I get put into the menu to select type, > with the MASIC 25 (no cache) entry highlighted. Is this actually a problem? > Is there a setting somewhere that maybe mis-set? I have looked at the pin > settings on the board, and according to the manual they are set correctly > for a 25 MHz processor. I have the 386/25, but with cache. The setsys program seems to simply figure out the computer speed with a simple loop. The problem is that this isn't always accurate. If things seem to work OK, I wouldn't bother. --------------- Andrew Rossmann andyross@infopls.UUCP or ..!uunet!ddsw1!infopls!system Infoplus Support BBS +1 708 537 0247, 1200/2400, 24 hours