First post, by thevdm
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Hello all,
I have what I believe is an Acer A1 based computer (some info about the motherboard here).
The BIOS chip in it is labelled "486SX/DX - BIOS - U20 - V1 . 2R1 . 7I - Copyright Acer Inc 1993". I am having difficulties finding much in the way of information about this BIOS and wondered if anybody knows if it would be capable of correctly detecting drives over 540MB, thinking about an 810MB or 1.6GB drive.
On a slightly related topic. If I was to buy an Award/AMI BIOS chip that is 32-pin DIP and similar era, would it be a drop in replacement as a BIOS upgrade or would it have to be an Acer V2 BIOS? I've never upgraded a 486 BIOS before.
Thanking you in advance.
Gaming rig: Dell Dimension XPS T500 - PIII 500 - 288MB RAM - Voodoo3 3000 - SoundBlaster Live! Value - DVD-ROM - CD-RW - 3.5" 1.44 - 98SE & 2000 dual boot
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