J
Joerg
- Jan 1, 1970
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ChairmanOfTheBored said:It's not THE phoenix Award BIOS v1.0.3, It is the:
<insert MOBO make and model name here> BIOS v 1.0.3, provided by the
Award Bios vendor. The versions are MOBO specific, and IF Dell comes out
with another, it will increment. Phoenix is merely the provider. Dell
authors the code.
So Dell wrote the BIOS? Interesting. I thought they were migrating
farther away from the design process. At least they seem to be doing
that with hardware.
Actually, the entire MOBO is likely made FOR Dell by a popular MOBO
maker.
Yes, by Foxconn.
There's your solution. Examine the form factor of the MOBO, and BUY a
cheap MOBO that fits it, that carries the floppy utilization capacity you
need! :-] Bet you could find one for less than $50.
Either that or get a BIOS for a similar G33 Foxconn mobo that includes
the drive support I need. If the HW is on the mobo it can't be rocket
science to access it. Someone said that Linux bypasses the BIOS and see
all the stuff that's on the mobo but was blocked out by the BIOS that
came with it. Maybe there is a kludge for Windows that does that.
My curiosity tells me that I want to figure this out some day and not
take the easy road of swapping the mobo. But not right now, no time.