Article ID: 78681
Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q78681
SUMMARY
When an Award BIOS revision earlier than 3.22 is installed on a VTI Turbo 55 computer, the following problems may appear after upgrading to MS-DOS 5.0 or later:
- Difficulty reading and writing to the hard drive
- Machine not bootable with IDE drive
- Random POST (power on self test) error codes at boot-up (that is, 1701, 1702)
The VTI Turbo 55 computer requires Award BIOS revision 3.22 or later to correctly run MS-DOS version 5.0.
MORE INFORMATION
The VTI Turbo 55 is an 80286 based computer that originally shipped with Award Modular BIOS revision 3.03. This version of the BIOS does not support IDE drives, and may produce the above problems with MS-DOS 5.0 or later. This particular machine was manufactured by Samsung for the Philips Corporation, and also was issued under the model designation SAMSUNG S550.
Philips and Award concur on the necessity of the BIOS upgrade for full functionality.
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Additional query words: 6.22 MSDOS 5.00 SAMSUNG-S550 VENDEX 3rdparty
Keywords: KB78681
