Mike,
Just make sure you fully understand the instructions, and when it offers you
the chance to back up your current BIOS, do it. The ability to flash your
BIOS is a great opportunity to update your system a bit, but bears a bit of
risk as well. Be careful and good luck.
Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT computer question but related to OM
> On 4/20/03 13:29, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>
> >>We haven't heard anything from Mike. Maybe we're so far off topic now
> >>that he's been scared away :-)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> Well, Mike spent a pleasant Easter visiting in-laws on the neighboring
> island. Took the kids to the easter egg hunt at the beach and then ate
> too much and slept on the ferry home :>)
>
> Monday I'll be shopping for a cheap SCSI card. Hopefully less than $40.
> And I'll not be tossing the old E3 flatbed in a landfill either. I
> subscribe to the "drive it 'til it drops" philosophy. And it sounds like
> a $10 cable ought to keep it running chained to the film scanner.
>
> Next project is to flash the BIOS in order to use a bigger hard drive.
> Kind of a daunting task as I've never done it before. Any thing I should
> _NOT_ do? If you don't hear from me for a month you'll know it didn't go
> so well.
>
> Mike
>
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