Re: Large Hard Drives

[Guest robertq]

Re: Large Hard Drives

 

Twanny,

http://biosagentplus.com/?PHPSESSID=pl3d2de210ir8mav7k8tr8e2s2

This place wants to sell you the whole chip (hard to repalce if soldered in

for those that are not technicians)

At any rate I got the binary from them with s/w that also installs and

backups your old file.

I had already used my own method to backup the file which I am glad I did.

http://www.esupport.com

I did the boot from floppy flash and my PC would no longer go into post.

 

I had to unsolder my eprom, installed a socket, use the UV eprom eraser at

my job and I manually put my old file back on in the prgrammer at work.

 

http://www.esupport.com never did make the situation right.

They cost me a little over 20 bucks, a whole lot of emails, and I still

can't use that mother board with my larger drives.

 

If you can install a newer chip then buy there full replacement chip since

they are unable to make a working binary that you can download or get through

email.

 

They do support form most of the older BIOS's out there.

 

robertq

 

 

"Stanton A Hershman" wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:35:08 -0700, Twanny <Evenstar@Fastweb.net>

> wrote:

>

> promise 100tx2 is a nice card

> there is at least 1 other in the promise product line that is faster

> which is an ata133

> don't forget the 80 conducter cables

>

> >Harry- appreciate your input - makes a whole lot of sense:

> >I guess I got carried away with the appeal of large capacity Disks.

> >To play it safe, I will take the machine to a Computer store and purchase

> >the largest possible disk according to the limitations of my MBoard.

> >--------

> >P.S. To all who replied - thanks! I learnt quite a lot in this post

> >

> >Twanny

> >

> >"Harry Ohrn" wrote:

> >

> >> Twanny getting the largest drive possible means getting the largest drive

> >> your motherboard/BIOS can handle not the largest drive possible to purchase.

> >> Four years ago a 20GB was a large drive and 40GB was about the biggest that

> >> motherboard manufacturer's were building for the home user system. However

> >> now with people filling drives with music and video files 40GBs gets eaten

> >> up real fast. 120GB to 200GB drives are being marketed to the home user but

> >> that doesn't mean an older system can use them. In fact some large drives

> >> come with capacity limitation jumper settings that will enable a very large

> >> drive to be used on older systems. However a 120GB drive will only have

> >> 40GBs accessible if that is what the capacity limitation setting determines.

> >>

> >> Some BIOS upgrades will enable large drive support but the BIOS upgrade

> >> might still only go to 80GBs making the very large drives still inaccessible

> >> without either a capacity limitation setting being used or connecting the

> >> drive to either a promise card controller or a usb drive enclosure.

> >> --

> >>

> >> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [shell/User]

> >> http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

> >>

> >>

> >> "Twanny" <Evenstar@Fastweb.net> wrote in message

> >> news:18625521-DC53-4CC2-9060-38302630B0C6@microsoft.com...

> >> | Well, one reads to get the "largest drive" possible as data and

> >> applications

> >> | do eat up the space ( 4 years ago I thought 20Gb were hugh). Thanks for

> >> your

> >> | input and comments.

> >> | ----------------------------

> >> |

> >> | "Harry Ohrn" wrote:

> >> |

> >> | > It is possible that your board won't recognize that large of a drive and

> >> if

> >> | > there are no updated BIOS revisions for it you may have to settle for a

> >> | > smaller drive. Are you certain you need a drive that large?

> >> | >

> >> | > Maybe you could use a controller card or a USB enclosure rather than

> >> flash

> >> | > the BIOS.

> >> | > --

> >> | >

> >> | > Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [shell/User]

> >> | > http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

> >> | >

> >> | >

> >> | > "Twanny" <Evenstar@Fastweb.net> wrote in message

> >> | > news:8DDD9C3D-D451-4C90-B415-A17320D62A0E@microsoft.com...

> >> | > > This is one area "I fear to tread" - the BIOS.

> >> | > > (Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG - A-WIN P3VBX+ BIOS Revision 2.6

> >> (2WL).ME )

> >> | > > I once contacted the manufacturer's website (Taiwan) about the bios

> >> | > > and they told me there is no support as it is "old" (4 years). I know

> >> that

> >> | > > the MB chipset is VIA. Do you think I can get a BIOS update here? My

> >> worry

> >> | > > is updating ("flashing"?) the BIOS as my know-how is strictly

> >> home-user.

> >> | > >

> >> | > > In any case I will visit your suggested sites.

> >> | > > Thanks! If you have additional comments re the above, it would be

> >> | > > appreciated.

> >> | > >

> >> | > > Twanny

> >> | > > ----------------------------

> >> | > >

> >> | > > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> >> | > >

> >> | > >> The limiting factor would be the motherboard's BIOS.

> >> | > >> Visit the support web site of the manufacturer of your PC

> >> | > >> or motherboard to find out how large a hard drive your

> >> | > >> motherboard's BIOS is capable of supporting. You may need

> >> | > >> to install a BIOS update.

> >> | > >>

> >> | > >> How to enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing support for ATAPI disk

> >> | > >> drives in Windows XP

> >> | > >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013

> >> | > >>

> >> | > >> Windows XP Does Not Recognize All Available Disk Space

> >> | > >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316505

> >> | > >>

> >> | > >> --

> >> | > >> Carey Frisch

> >> | > >> Microsoft MVP

> >> | > >> Windows XP - Shell/User

> >> | > >>

> >> | > >> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!

> >> | > >> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

> >> | > >>

> >> | >

> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------

> >> ----

> >> | > >>

> >> | > >> "Twanny" wrote:

> >> | > >>

> >> | > >> | Hi - My system is an Intel PIII - Ram 512Mb - WinXP Pro SP1.

> >> | > >> | One Hard Disk Samsung 20Gb.

> >> | > >> | I plan to install a Secondary Drive (Slave) of 160 or 200Gb

> >> | > >> | of another brand, (say Western Digital). I have heard that the

> >> | > >> | system would not be able to recognize the new large drive.

> >> | > >> | Is this correct? Thanks in advance for any advise and comments

> >> | > >> | --

> >> | > >> | Twanny

> >> | > >>

> >> | >

> >> | >

> >> | >

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

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