From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Dec 20 22:54:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA12644 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 22:54:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from bob.tri-lakes.net (BOB.tri-lakes.net [207.3.81.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA12633 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 22:54:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cdillon@tri-lakes.net) Received: from [207.3.81.146] by bob.tri-lakes.net (NTMail 3.02.13) with ESMTP id oa387882 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 00:53:51 -0600 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199712210220.UAA14271@nospam.hiwaay.net> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 00:47:19 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon To: David Kelly Subject: Re: NCR810 (or 875) & Asus P55T2P4 & Overclocking ? Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, Burton Sampley , jack Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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). --- Chris Dillon --- cdillon@tri-lakes.net --- Powered by FreeBSD, the best operating system on the planet for Intel x86 based computers. ---- (http://www.freebsd.org)