5 Nov
1998
5 Nov
'98
10:29 a.m.
Hi! I have an old Adaptec Hd controller that I'm trying to use in an IBM
PC (5150). Here's what it says on it:
adaptec, inc.
ASSY401406-00
REV K
I'm trying to find out how to get into the controller's BIOS so that I can
set up the HD (using DEBUG). There's two jumper blocks, and one single
jumper. I'm going to post a picture at:
<http://members.tripod.com/general_1/adaptec.jpg>
I'll try to get it posted in about 20 minutes.
ThAnX,
-Jason
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5 Nov
5 Nov
1:34 p.m.
On the old adaptec controllers (at least the old 1542b I have) you have to
enter a sequence in debug to kick off the on-board bios. I'd look at
adaptec's website for info on your board, they might even have the manuals
PDFd.
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Jim Strickland
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4 Nov
4 Nov
1:45 p.m.
Jim Strickland wrote:
On the old adaptec controllers (at least the old 1542b
I have) you have to
enter a sequence in debug to kick off the on-board bios. I'd look at
adaptec's website for info on your board, they might even have the manuals
PDFd.
Generally you type int he sequence where you run what's in memory at the
beginning of the ROM address, usually C800 as the primary controller. At the
Debug prompt you type G=C800:5 or it may be G=CC00:5 or G=D000:5 as well as
another I forget. It also is dependant upon the controller itself but they
usually followed some standards.
Once the program starts you have to figure out what they're asking for as this
is where they get different. Western Digital controllers were pretty
striaghtforward.
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Jim Strickland
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5 Nov
5 Nov
3:03 p.m.
Jason Willgruber wrote:
I'm trying to find out how to get into the
controller's BIOS so that I can
set up the HD (using DEBUG). There's two jumper blocks, and one single
jumper. I'm going to post a picture at:
I tried to access the site, but it was too slow, and I was too impatient
:). Accessing the BIOS through debug is easy once you know the proper
address. The syntax from debug is "g=c800:5" with the "c800:5" being
the
address in the BIOS to start the formatting routine. Other addresses
include c800:6, cc00:5, and cc00:6. On the Western Digital Super Bios, you
can set the drive parameters from the prompts and I don't know if the
Adaptec will allow this or not. If you have jumper blocks, the drive
parameters are most likely set with jumpers.
I have found the easiest way to verify the address is to use the unassemble
command as there will always be a jmp instruction at the entry point in the
bios, i.e. uc800:5 and if there is no jmp instruction on the first line, try
another address. Good luck.
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