Problem with BP6 and Promise 100 TX2

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:26 am

Strange. Have you checked the jumper settings on the drive?

This BIOS gets rid of the HPT screen.

http://www.bp6.com/board/dload.php?acti ... file_id=10

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:16 pm

do you have a bios o nthe scsi controller...

thats the question

Post by **Derek** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:50 pm

pucko: I responded to your other post

I had to do the same thing when I intalled the Promise 100 TX2 in my BP6.

headseed · Post by **headseed** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 7:18 pm

Glad I read this thread, I just got a new tx2 shipped to me from another forum forsale thread, and was planning on using it in my bp6. So I gotta flash the bios that removes the bios splashscreen ( I am aware device may still show up in device manager, thats ok).

My question is this: Does the version of the non-hpt366 bios have the p3 microcode? Do I even need the p3 microcode, I am currently running a fcpga celemine 1000 on a neo s370.

Thanks

iSDn · Post by **iSDn** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 1:36 pm

The only difference in a P3 bios is that it displays the right name of your processor when you boot up...so it isn't really necessary.

Post by **Derek** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 2:15 pm

iSDn wrote:The only difference in a P3 bios is that it displays the right name of your processor when you boot up...so it isn't really necessary.

It does more than that; it contains the code allowing the computer to recognize the Pentium 3. That's why you need to have the P3 BIOS before booting up with a P3 CPU.

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 8:09 pm

I often wondered about that, having never used CPUs other than the CeleronA in my BP6.

headseed · Post by **headseed** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 12:32 am

So a celemine qualifies as a p3, right? Do I need the p3 microcode bios or not?