I'm sorry for being "late to the party" and sounding like a noob here but.... is this some kind of generic system bios that will work on.. any 486/386 system?
I do notice that my 486 (which has VLB Ports) does not run any faster with a VLB controller than it does with a 16-bit ISA controller, and seems to only support 1 IDE channel in bios, regardless of what the controller supports.
I do have the VLB software / drivers for my VLB IDE controller for my 486, but when ever I load them in ms-dos 6.22, it causes the system to hang and freeze, so I can't even use em even if I wanted to.
Does this XTIDE replace my system bios in my 486 with better support?
Can I flash it into my 486 system even though I haven't the faintest idea who made the motherboard?
What is the risk of "bricking" my 486 and causing it to be unusable?
I do notice that my 486 (which has VLB Ports) does not run any faster with a VLB controller than it does with a 16-bit ISA controller, and seems to only support 1 IDE channel in bios, regardless of what the controller supports.
I do have the VLB software / drivers for my VLB IDE controller for my 486, but when ever I load them in ms-dos 6.22, it causes the system to hang and freeze, so I can't even use em even if I wanted to.
Does this XTIDE replace my system bios in my 486 with better support?
Can I flash it into my 486 system even though I haven't the faintest idea who made the motherboard?
What is the risk of "bricking" my 486 and causing it to be unusable?