rjs3@cbnewsl.att.com (Robert J. Snyder, III) (09/21/90)
I have two friends with AT style clones containing the Phoenix BIOS. I think they need to have their CMOS configuration information updated to reflect their current disk arrangement. Unfortunately, the instructions they got with their machines don't really address this issue. On my own machine with an AMI BIOS, I can get to a configuration screen during bootup by typing CTRL-ESC, but this doesn't work on my friends machines. I looked in several books on PC hardware but couldn't find any references on how to set the correct values, although I did find ways to save and restore the existing CMOS values with some small assembly language programs. Can anybody give me some clues? Please send me mail and I will summarize any successful answers in a later posting. Robert Snyder rjs3@cbnewsl.ATT.COM, or rjs@moss.ATT.COM
gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys N1BRM) (09/24/90)
In article <1990Sep21.155843.24804@cbnewsl.att.com>, rjs3@cbnewsl.att.com (Robert J. Snyder, III) writes... > >I have two friends with AT style clones containing the Phoenix BIOS. I think >they need to have their CMOS configuration information updated to reflect >their current disk arrangement. Unfortunately, the instructions they >got with their machines don't really address this issue. On my own machine >with an AMI BIOS, I can get to a configuration screen during bootup by >typing CTRL-ESC, but this doesn't work on my friends machines. I looked >in several books on PC hardware but couldn't find any references on how >to set the correct values, although I did find ways to save and restore >the existing CMOS values with some small assembly language programs. Can >anybody give me some clues? Please send me mail and I will summarize >any successful answers in a later posting. > > Robert Snyder > rjs3@cbnewsl.ATT.COM, or > rjs@moss.ATT.COM I have a Phoenix Bios in my 386SX and it is accessed by hitting ctrl-alt-S at the dos prompt. The rest of it is pretty much self explanatory and easy to follow. /s/ Bob
cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gordon Hlavenka) (09/26/90)
>> I have a Phoenix Bios in my 386SX and it is accessed by hitting >>ctrl-alt-S at the dos prompt. The rest of it is pretty much self explanatory >>and easy to follow. > >Aparently, there is no standard method even under the same brand BIOS. >My Phoenix 386 BIOS uses CNTRL-ALT-ESC. The original poster may want >to try that too. Some computers also use CNTRL-ALT-ENTER. Mine takes CTRL/ALT/S, but if you're not in a reasonably vanilla display mode the screen will be trashed or truncated when you return. ----------------------------------------------------- Gordon S. Hlavenka cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us Disclaimer: Yeah, I said it. So what?