Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 00:47:19 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@tri-lakes.net> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, Burton Sampley <bsampley@best.com>, jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> Subject: Re: NCR810 (or 875) & Asus P55T2P4 & Overclocking ? Message-ID: <XFMail.971221005303.cdillon@tri-lakes.net> In-Reply-To: <199712210220.UAA14271@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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On 21-Dec-97 David Kelly wrote:
>IMHO The One Big Advantage my Adaptec has over my '875 is the Adaptec
>BIOS has onboard low level format and bad block management/scanning. To
>do the same with the '875 one has to do DOS. Possibly there is a newer
>BIOS I can flash into my '875?
The Tekram DC390-F (NCR '875 based) card that I recently bought does all of the
above, and appears to have full BIOS-based setup routines (never used an
Adaptec, so I can't compare). I believe this BIOS version is 2.01, and they
have an even newer BIOS in beta. Their web-site has all the information needed
to upgrade your existing BIOS, and they have two downloadable packages, one for
cards with a flash BIOS, and one for people who can burn their own new ROM's.
Assuming your card is made by Tekram, you can easily upgrade. I don't know how
they would feel about someone using their BIOS in another card (though it
should work perfectly, most likely).
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