Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I finally managed to get XTIDE Universal BIOS to work on my 386 motherboard, but my mechanical drive powers down after XTIDE initializes. To solve this, all we need to do is to build XTIDE BIOS ourselves and leave out the 'Power Management' module. In this video, I'll do exactly that.

Resources:
XTIDE Build Instructions: xtideuniversalbios.org/wiki/BuildInstructions
XTIDE Binaries: xtideuniversalbios.org/binaries
XTIDE Wiki: lo-tech.co.uk/wiki/XTIDE_Universal_BIOS
XTIDE Help: minuszerodegrees.net/xtide/XUB/XUB.htm

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▬▬▬▬ *Timestamps* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Recap
00:54 Preparations to build XTIDE
08:34 Testing build environment
11:06 Build configuration
15:41 Build custom XTIDE
16:07 Fixing build problems in rev 629
20:04 Configure XTIDE
23:18 Testing custom build
24:32 Using a network card with jumpers
30:10 Like, Subscribe and Patreon