Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 08:39:45 -0800 (PST) From: Burton Sampley <bsampley@best.com> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NCR810 (or 875) & Asus P55T2P4 & Overclocking ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971221083604.17636A-100000@shell9.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.971221005303.cdillon@tri-lakes.net>
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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) >
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