From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Dec 21 08:40:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA11339 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 08:40:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from proxy3.ba.best.com (root@proxy3.ba.best.com [206.184.139.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA11334 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 08:40:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsampley@best.com) Received: from shell9.ba.best.com (bsampley@shell9.ba.best.com [206.184.139.140]) by proxy3.ba.best.com (8.8.8/8.8.BEST) with SMTP id IAA29153 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 08:39:45 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 08:39:45 -0800 (PST) From: Burton Sampley X-Sender: bsampley@shell9.ba.best.com To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NCR810 (or 875) & Asus P55T2P4 & Overclocking ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Greetings, In my original post I forgot to mention that I am not subscribed to the hardware list. It appears that this question has sparked some discussion that I have not been included in. Please CC me on all posts reguarding this topic. Thanks. - burton - On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Chris Dillon wrote: > > 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) >