From: Jonathan Hutchins (hutchins@opus1.com)
Date: 12/19/01


Message-ID: <004c01c188b0$a547eae0$17960c0a@uhc.com>
From: "Jonathan Hutchins" <hutchins@opus1.com>
Subject: Re: 30 GB HD on P 133MHz
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:15:04 -0600


----- Original Message -----
From: "jose sanchez" <j_r_sanchez@yahoo.com>

> * BIOS: AMI from August 1996.

> I bought a 30G DiamondMax Maxtor HD. It came with an
> utility disk that installs EZ-BIOS.

If you can't get the Firmware BIOS to recognise the drive properly you can
either try flashing the BIOS to a newer version, or replace the BIOS.
(Which is a obtuse way of telling you to give up and replace the Motherboard
and buy a $50 processor and some RAM while you're at it. Oh yeah, and
you'll need a new case 'cause it'll be an ATX motherboard.)

"EZ-BIOS" is a way to guarantee that you will eventually loose all the data
on the drive, because any serious boot error will corrupt the "driver" it
installs and you are HOSED.