Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!umcarls9 From: umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Everex computers and IDE drives Message-ID: <1991May24.171438.23870@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Date: 24 May 91 17:14:38 GMT References: <43702@netnews.upenn.edu> Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Lines: 22 In <43702@netnews.upenn.edu> awhite@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Andrew J. White) writes: >I have an Everex STEP 286/12 computer with an MFM hard drive. I am >trying to replace the hard drive with a Connor CP3104 (100MB IDE) drive. >I purchased Conner's own controller card, and used drive type 31 (98 megs), >which is what Everex tech support told me to use. Here's what happened: >So, I'm thinking, BIOS upgrade. The current bios is a special version >of AMI Bios for this computer dated 2/89. Problem is, Everex does not >sell a more recent BIOS, nor does AMI. AMI says the problem is the >BIOS. A generic AMI Bios will *not* work in the computer because of >the weird display window on the front of the computer. A friend of mine just went through all this with Everex. He has a client he sold a 386/16 to that wanted an IDE hard drive. When he tried to install it he had various problems that all came back to the BIOS. Naturally he called Everex for an upgrade and they basically told him 'hahahahhahaha, you've got to be kidding! That machine was our economy machine of two years ago! We don't have an upgraded BIOS for that! ' Last time we buy anything from Everex needless to say.