General Discussion - SCSI Bios Update????

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SCSI Bios Update????

bluhen99

2002-04-18, 1:34 pm

hello, Can anyone tell me how to Update a SCSI Bios? OS is Windows NT 4. Anyone know where I can get the update?

mrfixit

2002-04-18, 1:43 pm

What component are you trying to upgrade? You can usally get the BIOS upgrade from the manufacturer.

bluhen99

2002-04-18, 2:02 pm

I am trying to upgrade the scsi that contains the tape drive for our backups...is an Adaptec AHA-294xU2/295xU2/395xU2/AIC-789xPCI...I am at adaptec site, but not sure which update I should select based on the SCSI card mentioned above.

Doug_Black

2002-04-18, 5:29 pm

Hey bluhen99,

Seeing this SCSI Adapter is used for your company's business and controls your tape backups, I would strongly suggest that you call the Adaptec Inside Sales folk at 1-800-442-7274 and ask for their help first. They may direct you over to their Technical Support Group and they will charge you $35 if during normal business hours, but that is a hell of a lot cheaper than you trashing the SCSI controller by messing up the SCSI BIOS!!! Then you won't be able to perform your nightly tape backups!

You can also email the folks at Adaptec tech support but that is slower at: http://register.adaptec.com/ask_us.html

This is an Adaptec SCSI article you need to read for the Boot Disk, Flashing the AHA-294X BIOS: http://ask.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/adap...fcGFnZT0x&p_li=

If you screw up the Flashing the SCSI BIOS, you better read this article at Adaptec #010216-000003 and it will require you have another PC to handle or perform a possible recovery of the SCSI BIOS! Better to be Safe than Sorry my friend, otherwise it could be your job!

bluhen99

2002-04-19, 7:53 am

Thanks for the tip! I was able to flash it successfully by using the readme.txt and a little brain power.

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