Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!rh0i+ From: rh0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Warren Harris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Upgrade problem with an AT Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 91 20:06:47 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 53 In-Reply-To: brown@cs.utk.edu (Lance A. Brown) writes: > I own a Proteus Technologies 286 system and recently bought a TEAC 3.5" > 1.44Meg floppy drive for it only to find that the ^&*(& system can't deal > with it properly. I had been led to believe that it would. > > This system has an Everex motherboard with two BIOS chips in it labeled > "1800-27 AMI-C" and "1800-48 AMI-C" The board can deal with either 128K or > 256K BIOS chips. > > The hard disk controller is an Everex EV-332 with PWA-00082-1 on it also. > > The AMI BIOS comes up with a 1986 copyright on it when I boot it. > > What do I need to upgrade on the machine to get it to recognize and use > the 3.5" drive properly? Can I just upgrade the motherboard BIOS chips or > do I need a newer drive controller? > > Lance Brown > -- > brown@cs.utk.edu > Lance A. Brown The Crystal Wind is the Storm, > 3500 Sutherland Avenue, Apt. L-303 and the Storm is Data, > Knoxville, TN 37919 and the Data is Life > -- The Player's Litany > from _The Long Run_ by D.K. Moran Yup Yup Yup.... That's the *exact* same thing I'm dealing with now. Your BIOS chips are too old. It's probably not your controller card, since I replaced mine with *no* effect. Pick up a copy of Computer Shopper at your local Mag store. Plenty of places deal in AMI BIOS upgrades. Expect to pay $40 to $60 for it. At least you *know* what BIOS chips to get. Mine are Access Methods, Inc, whoever *they* are ;-} - Rick ------------------------------------------------------------------ Rick Harris | Information & Decision Systems with Computer Science ------------------------------------------------------------------ Social & Decision Sciences Department | Carnegie Mellon ------------------------------------------------------------------ If God is this all-powerful, all-knowing being, then why does he pick such bozos to carry His message? - Paraphrased from a comedian on A&E