[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Upgrade problem with an AT

brown@cs.utk.edu (Lance A. Brown) (06/04/91)

  I own a Proteus Technologies 286 system and recently bought a TEAC 3.5"
1.44Meg floppy drive for it only to find that the ^&*(& system can't deal
with it properly.  I had been led to believe that it would.

  This system has an Everex motherboard with two BIOS chips in it labeled
"1800-27 AMI-C" and "1800-48 AMI-C"  The board can deal with either 128K or
256K BIOS chips.

  The hard disk controller is an Everex EV-332 with PWA-00082-1 on it also.

  The AMI BIOS comes up with a 1986 copyright on it when I boot it.

 What do I need to upgrade on the machine to get it to recognize and use
the 3.5" drive properly?  Can I just upgrade the motherboard BIOS chips or
do I need a newer drive controller?

  Lance Brown
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