juanschawrtz
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I purchased an XT-IDE Lite Rev 2 from TexElec.com
I have verified that my BIOS is Revision C (see attached photo)
I have read that the older Motherboards revisions require two ROM chips and that seems to be the case with mine.
I have verified that my BIOS is Revision C (see attached photo)
I have read that the older Motherboards revisions require two ROM chips and that seems to be the case with mine.
When I boot the machine, the boot sequence proceeds straight to booting from the floppy. the XT-IDE BIOS deal doesn't ever show up. I've tried different ISA ports, but I'm not sure if I need to adjust the jumpers or anything. Was just looking for some advice to get it going.This COMPAQ Portable/Plus Maintenance Guide (Excerpt) confirms that an older (000004 REV B) system board did require 2 ROMs, at locations U40 and U47, while later system boards required only 1 (Rev C or later) ROM at location U40, but there is no explanation for the requirement.