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From: als@bohra.cpg.oz (Anthony Shipman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: AMI BIOS with Windows 3.0
Summary: how to upgrade the BIOS
Keywords: AMI BIOS, Windows 3.0
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.100413.22098@bohra.cpg.oz>
Date: 5 Mar 91 10:04:13 GMT
References: <1991Mar2.052414.914@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Mar2.184700.21483@csus.edu>
Organization: Software Division, Computer Power Group
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In article <1991Mar2.184700.21483@csus.edu>, wilson@cssmtf.ccs.csus.edu (Joe Wilson) writes:
> Rich,  I have a 286 with AMI BIOS dated 4/9/90 and run Windows 3.0 all the
> time with no problems.  My previous version was dated in 1987 sometime and it
> caused mucho crashes.

I have a 386 board with AMI BIOS.  The board uses the Chips&Tech chip set and
the BIOS is old (it's setup program doesn't support extended chip registers).

Is it simple to just replace the BIOS with a later version (for the same chip
set) or might there be board dependencies?
-- 
Anthony Shipman                               ACSnet: als@bohra.cpg.oz.au
Computer Power Group
19 Cato St., East Hawthorn,
Melbourne, Australia
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