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Article #18693

Problems with SETUP on a 386

#18693
From: Jochen Erwied
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 08:14
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Hello out there.

I just got a 386 machine, of which I know how it should be configured, but
do not manage to configure it this way...

The problem is this:
The machine has quite an old BIOS (see below), as it seems without a ROM-
setup. I tried any possible combination to enter the internal setup - with
no success. I couldn't find a working external setup either:-(

Power-on messages to follow:

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Phoenix 80386 ROM BIOS Version 3.06
Copyright (c) 1985,86 Phoenix Technologies Ltd
All Rights Reserved

CHIPS AND TECHNOLOGIES
   AT/386 SYSTEM
SOFT SETUP VERSION 1.12

BANK 0 - 1024K NON INTERLEAVED 256k DRAM'S, 0 WAIT STATE MEMORY
BANK 1 - DISABLED
BANK 2 - DISABLED
BANK 3 - DISABLED
AT BUS CLOCK SOURCE - CLK2/2
---

The BIOS itself is marked as follows:

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Compatibility Software
(c)1986/A3 Phoenix Technologies
48793
---

I definitely know, than there are 1024k of memory in BANK 1, and that a 
ROM-BIOS shadow was enabled (long time ago...) External setup's either
didn't change anything, or the computer wouldn't boot afterwards:-(

I'd be glad about any kind of information. If anybody owns a computer in
this configuration, or has an external setup-program, or knows if there
_is_ a internal setup - let me know! Perhaps an old external from Phoenix
will do it, too. 

Changing BIOS'es doesn't work - I tried it with 4 different ones...

Thanks in advance,
-Jochen

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Jochen Erwied           mack@wizard.ruhr.de (inside Germany)
Emil-Figge-Str. 3/A05   erwied@joan.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE
D-W-4600 Dortmund 50    +49-231-750331 (data) +49-231-756081 (voice)


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Jochen Erwied            mack@wizard.ruhr.de 
Emil-Figge-Str. 3/A05    erwied@joan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
D-W-4600 Dortmund 50     +49-231-750331 (data) +49-231-756081 (voice)
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From: erwied@joan.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Jochen Erwied)
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Subject: Problems with SETUP on a 386
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