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Conference nesbit::modular

Title:Embedded and Real Time Modular Computing Conference
Moderator:IRNBRU::GRANT
Created:Tue Sep 05 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:235
Total number of notes:1091

198.0. "Intel DMCC BIOs availability" by RLTIME::COOK () Tue Apr 01 1997 18:37



How do I determine what is the latest BIOs version for the Intel DMCC cards?  
For this particular customer the BIOs would be for the 200Mhz (prolog) board.


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198.1What the customer sees...RLTIME::COOKTue Apr 01 1997 18:4254

The documentation for the Intel (prolog) board said to send mail to 
"[email protected]" for information on the latest BIOS, however, but 
no one seems to be monitoring that account.

I've attached the screen the customer sees.  Is this the most current BIOS?
They are having major Plug and Play problems and I'm trying to see if they
are at the current BIOS level before going forward.  Unfortunately, I've not 
made a lot of progress.  


****

Al,

     Thank you for giving your attention to this matter.  I went over the
e-mail that you sent and found some things to be the same and some different.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
the screen after the memory count
-------------------------------------

American          AMIBIOS  1996           Energy*
Megatrends

Symbios Logic SDMS (tm) V4.0 PCI SCSI BIOS, PCI Rev. 2.0,2.1

Copyright 1995  Symbios Logic

PCI-4.03.00


Press Ctrl-C to start Configuration Utility









(C) American Megatrends Inc.
51-1200-000000-00111111-071595-4 30HX-R
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
this screen pauses for 5 to 10 seconds 

Stephen Beal
Retail Operations Engineer
198.2RLTIME::COOKTue Apr 01 1997 18:559


BTW, I guess I need to add that this is a MUST WIN sale for us.  We're 
quickly loosing credibility.

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198.3Bios revisionsIRNBRU::GRANTIain Grant, E&RT, DTN 823-3532Tue Apr 01 1997 19:1111
Guys,

For the EBM3*-AA (IBUS) PICMG Intel cpu the Bios revision is 2.64

For the EBM3*-PA (PROLOG) PICMG Intel CPU the Bios revision is 1.11
	( this is displayed before the Configuration table comes up )

Iain

P.s. The 'modular' mail account is monitored, it send a copy of the mail to
     all the tech support guys involved with DMCC.
198.4RLTIME::COOKTue Apr 01 1997 19:2111
>For the EBM3*-PA (PROLOG) PICMG Intel CPU the Bios revision is 1.11
>	( this is displayed before the Configuration table comes up )


This is for te EBM37-PA.  

So, would you say that the information in .1 is not correct?

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198.5CIMCAD::PIERSONTue Apr 01 1997 21:2928
    The info in .1 is incomplete.
    
    (I went out & booted an EBM3x-px to check my little grey cells.)
    
    The screen in .1 shows up for 15-20 seconds, maybe longer, as the
    bios(?) sizes the hard disk environment.  (The top right is in green
    the top left is red, usually...8)>>).  In the central area of the
    screen it will be displaying, dynamically, what it finds for hard
    disks.
    
    AFTER THAT, it diplays an all blackandwhite screen with a fairly dense
    table, in a large box at top, showing system configuration, and, on
    production SBCs a box BELOW, smaller, saying, roughly:
    
    	-------------------------
    	|	Digital		|
    	|	BIOS V1.11	|
    	|	date(?)		|
    	_________________________
    
    THIS pair of boxes only shows up for 5-7 seconds.  V1.11 IS current,
    near as i know, tho, obviously, may change in future.
    
    The a nother screen pops with more system config info and system starts
    to 'really boot'.
    
    	regards
    	dwp