EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

[Guest John Dulak]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

rpgs rock dvds wrote:

> On 25 May, 22:22, Franc Zabkar <fzab...@iinternode.on.net> wrote:

>

> <snipped previous post messages to simplify things a bit>

>

> Franc, please may I ask you a somewhat off-topic question? Many

> thanks if this is OK...

>

> It's regarding a used MSI motherboard I bought recently. The model

> is:

>

> MS6119 ver 1.2 BX2

>

> If I attach a large capacity HDD to this mobo (such as a 160gb or

> 300gb HDD), it hangs on POST when the mobo attempts to ascertain it's

> size. If I physically "cap" the HDD with a jumper to limit its size

> to 32gb, everything is OK.

>

> I flashed the BIOS to the very latest version (version p2.9, Award)

> and I also tried flashing to the penultimate version as well (version

> p2.8, Award).

>

> URL information =

>

> http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=332

>

> Browsing this MSI website, I notice with interest that they have two

> different BIOSs on offer for the same board - one is a more up-to-date

> Award BIOS (which I have tried as mentioned above), the other is an

> older dated AMI BIOS. (Please note, I haven't tried the older AMI

> BIOS offerings yet.)

>

> I *think* (regarding large capacity HDDs) that I may be out of luck

> with this mobo, but before I give up on it, I'd thought I'd run this

> problem past you to see if you could offer any pearls of wisdom.

>

> Many thanks, best regards, Robert.

 

Robert:

 

 

The "s6119s2a.exe" file listed on this page:

 

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=332

 

says it supports drives larger than 64Gig

 

Also on the above page is a listing for the p2.9 BIOS where it states:

"This is only for mainboard with "CPU PLUG AND PLAY" function."

Perhaps your MB does not have this function and cannot use the p2.9 BIOS.

 

HTH & GL

 

John

 

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[Guest rpgs rock dvds]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

On 28 May, 17:47, John Dulak <Jo...@Boogus.com> wrote:

> The "s6119s2a.exe" file listed on this page:

>

> http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&main...

>

> says it supports drives larger than 64Gig

>

> Also on the above page is a listing for the p2.9 BIOS where it states:

> "This is only for mainboard with "CPU PLUG AND PLAY" function."

> Perhaps your MB does not have this function and cannot use the p2.9 BIOS.

>

> HTH & GL

>

> John

 

 

Hi John,

 

Many thanks for your post.

 

I must admit that I previously spent over half an hour trying to get

my head around this BIOS webpage from MSI. The thing is, my 6119 mobo

is a CPU PnP mobo. And so I tried both the p2.8 and p2.9 PnP BIOSs,

but they both hung with a large HDD attached.

 

Now it's so interesting that they also list a "special" BIOS on this

webpage, as you pointed out, which deals with large HDDs. But, the

problem I have is that it states this particular BIOS (Version s2.a)

is for the standard (non-PnP) mobo. Now my reasoning says "don't use

it, you've got the PnP mobo and not the standard mobo".

 

But should I give it a go?!?!

 

Best regards, Robert.

[Guest MEB]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

 

"rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message

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| On 28 May, 00:18, "MEB" <meb@not h...@hotmail.com> wrote:

|

| | Re: Win95 ->

| |

| | I've had a massive stroke of luck with this - I simply wiped the

| | (Win98) HDD, left every single hardware component where it was

| (from

| | the successful Win98 installation), installed Win95 and almost

| | everything worked first time! A few things I didn't need didn't

| work,

| | but that's OK!

|

|

| --->>> Like no USB 2.0, needing to install motherboard drivers, and

| other later

| updates found in SP1/Win98-SP2/SE.

|

|

| Yes, the USB didn't work at all. However, ATM this is very low

| priority, and I'm happy to leave this for now and then try a website

| such as usbman and look thru their troubleshooting guide to figure out

| why. But really for now, it's no big deal at all because the "Win95

| side-project" is less important than the Win98 stuff.

|

| I think the motherboard drivers installed OK actually. The Intel 440

| chipset drivers installation appeared to be successful. Going very

| briefly back to the (Win95) USB theme, When I ran the MS USB

| supplement package to get USB on to Win95, I noticed on reboot an

| error message flashed up on the screen extremely quickly saying

| something like "bad command or filename".

 

Had you caight the actual message we might have had something to work from.

Did/does USB seem to work? No boot delays or other errors?

 

|

|

| | It's just that for DOS software, I want a lot of choice when it

| comes

| | to selecting the music and sound effects simply because it's fun to

| be

| | able to listen to music on various different (ISA) cards. And I

| also

| | wanted a (PCI) Windows 9x-based sound card too for things like EAX,

| 3D

| | sound, etc. Really it just boils down to having some fun with lots

| of

| | different sound options to play around with.

| |

| | Thanks, best regards, Robert.

|

|

| --->>> Oh, I can relate to that, one of those been there/done that

| moments. Its

| really fun if you can find the different "sound packs"/extensions for

| the

| cards [if available,- reverbs, echoes, etc..].. I had an old

| MediaVision

| card that blew away almost everything else I tried, way better sound

| than

| 8bit/16bit Creative's. It was a full blown [complete hardware, its

| was

| LARGE] card with lots [comparatively] of configurable memory and mods

| to

| play with.

|

|

| You're making me want one of these things now!! lol.

|

| Best regards, Robert.

 

It was nice,, gave it to the Kids in one of their computers I built for

them, and they gave it away or junked it [so much good stuff gets junked, oh

well]...

 

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[Guest rpgs rock dvds]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

On 28 May, 18:46, "MEB" <meb@not h...@hotmail.com> wrote:

 

| I think the motherboard drivers installed OK actually.  The Intel

440

| chipset drivers installation appeared to be successful.  Going very

| briefly back to the (Win95) USB theme, When I ran the MS USB

| supplement package to get USB on to Win95, I noticed on reboot an

| error message flashed up on the screen extremely quickly saying

| something like "bad command or filename".

 

--->>> Had you caight the actual message we might have had something

to work from. Did/does USB seem to work? No boot delays or other

errors?

 

Please note that getting USB to work on Win95 ATM is very low

priority. Apart from the USB issue, I was really thrilled that so

much worked (and with such little effort) under Win95. However, now I

am very satisfied I've got the majority of things working on the

current mobo with both Win98 and Win95 (hardware profiles, 3 ISA sound

cards, 4th (PCI) sound card, 2 graphics cards, plus a 3dfx card), I am

now going to store the mobo away for a short period of time so that I

can concentrate back on good ol' Win98 with a "brand new" mobo - this

time a QDI BrillianX, and see how I get on with that. This time, I

got a whole new array of bits to stick in this one (a load more sound

cards both ISA and PCI, two more graphics cards, some SLI voodoo2s,

and another USB ethernet gadget), so it's going to be a whole new

learning experience!

 

No doubt I'll be posting one or two questions about it...probably

tomorrow morning! lol.

 

To answer your question about Win95 & USB, after performing the USB

install (both the MS USB initial supplement and the MS USB update

package), USB never worked at all - nothing ever appeared inside

Device Manager pertaining to USB at all. (EDIT---no wait a minute

something called PCI Universal Serial Bus was there with a "?" symbol

next to it.) Also, there are no boot delays or errors. (Please note

the Intel chipset driver package appeared to install ok straight after

I fresh-installed Win95.)

 

But as I say, I can go back to that and solve it after I do the much

more important Win98 stuff.

 

Actually, once I get Win98 working on the "new" QDI board, I'm going

have another go at Win95, so I'll put it on after I get Win98

working. (I've just bought BootIt NG, so I can also try that out

too.) Once Win95 is on, I'm going to have another go at USB.

 

Thanks a lot, Best regards, Robert.

[Guest MEB]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

Oh, okay, 95 issues are on the back burner then...

 

If you get the chance, you might want to search Google or your favorite

search engine for USB in 95 issues and save yourself some time.

 

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"rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message

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On 28 May, 18:46, "MEB" <meb@not h...@hotmail.com> wrote:

 

| I think the motherboard drivers installed OK actually. The Intel

440

| chipset drivers installation appeared to be successful. Going very

| briefly back to the (Win95) USB theme, When I ran the MS USB

| supplement package to get USB on to Win95, I noticed on reboot an

| error message flashed up on the screen extremely quickly saying

| something like "bad command or filename".

 

--->>> Had you caight the actual message we might have had something

to work from. Did/does USB seem to work? No boot delays or other

errors?

 

Please note that getting USB to work on Win95 ATM is very low

priority. Apart from the USB issue, I was really thrilled that so

much worked (and with such little effort) under Win95. However, now I

am very satisfied I've got the majority of things working on the

current mobo with both Win98 and Win95 (hardware profiles, 3 ISA sound

cards, 4th (PCI) sound card, 2 graphics cards, plus a 3dfx card), I am

now going to store the mobo away for a short period of time so that I

can concentrate back on good ol' Win98 with a "brand new" mobo - this

time a QDI BrillianX, and see how I get on with that. This time, I

got a whole new array of bits to stick in this one (a load more sound

cards both ISA and PCI, two more graphics cards, some SLI voodoo2s,

and another USB ethernet gadget), so it's going to be a whole new

learning experience!

 

No doubt I'll be posting one or two questions about it...probably

tomorrow morning! lol.

 

To answer your question about Win95 & USB, after performing the USB

install (both the MS USB initial supplement and the MS USB update

package), USB never worked at all - nothing ever appeared inside

Device Manager pertaining to USB at all. (EDIT---no wait a minute

something called PCI Universal Serial Bus was there with a "?" symbol

next to it.) Also, there are no boot delays or errors. (Please note

the Intel chipset driver package appeared to install ok straight after

I fresh-installed Win95.)

 

But as I say, I can go back to that and solve it after I do the much

more important Win98 stuff.

 

Actually, once I get Win98 working on the "new" QDI board, I'm going

have another go at Win95, so I'll put it on after I get Win98

working. (I've just bought BootIt NG, so I can also try that out

too.) Once Win95 is on, I'm going to have another go at USB.

 

Thanks a lot, Best regards, Robert.

[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

On Wed, 28 May 2008 05:52:36 -0700 (PDT), rpgs rock dvds

<rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>It's regarding a used MSI motherboard I bought recently. The model

>is:

>

>MS6119 ver 1.2 BX2

>

>If I attach a large capacity HDD to this mobo (such as a 160gb or

>300gb HDD), it hangs on POST when the mobo attempts to ascertain it's

>size. If I physically "cap" the HDD with a jumper to limit its size

>to 32gb, everything is OK.

 

This person has done a lot of patching to BIOSes of that era:

http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm

 

It appears that these BIOSes were limited to 128GB HDs.

 

The OP in this thread appears to have the same problem as you:

http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/topic1278.html

 

"Rainbow" claims he "can patch the 64GB bug in v2.9 BIOS".

 

This is his/her list of patched BIOSes (limited to 128GB):

http://wims.rainbow-software.org/index.php?count=-1

 

"The 32GB bug in Award BIOS that prevents many users from using HDD

larger than 32GB (BIOS hangs at detection) can be easily fixed in

existing BIOSes. The 64GB bug that causes hang at configuration table

can be also fixed."

>I flashed the BIOS to the very latest version (version p2.9, Award)

>and I also tried flashing to the penultimate version as well (version

>p2.8, Award).

>

>URL information =

>

>http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=332

>

>Browsing this MSI website, I notice with interest that they have two

>different BIOSs on offer for the same board - one is a more up-to-date

>Award BIOS (which I have tried as mentioned above), the other is an

>older dated AMI BIOS. (Please note, I haven't tried the older AMI

>BIOS offerings yet.)

>

>I *think* (regarding large capacity HDDs) that I may be out of luck

>with this mobo, but before I give up on it, I'd thought I'd run this

>problem past you to see if you could offer any pearls of wisdom.

>

>Many thanks, best regards, Robert.

 

The following links may be useful.

 

Harddisk Upgrade: The BIOS IDE Harddisk Limitations:

http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/bioslim.htm

 

BIOS Int 13h Extensions detection utility (6 KB ZIP-file):

http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/extbio13.zip

 

- Franc Zabkar

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[Guest John Dulak]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

rpgs rock dvds wrote:

> On 28 May, 17:47, John Dulak <Jo...@Boogus.com> wrote:

>

>> The "s6119s2a.exe" file listed on this page:

>>

>> http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&main...

>>

>> says it supports drives larger than 64Gig

>>

>> Also on the above page is a listing for the p2.9 BIOS where it states:

>> "This is only for mainboard with "CPU PLUG AND PLAY" function."

>> Perhaps your MB does not have this function and cannot use the p2.9 BIOS.

>>

>> HTH & GL

>>

>> John

>

>

> Hi John,

>

> Many thanks for your post.

>

> I must admit that I previously spent over half an hour trying to get

> my head around this BIOS webpage from MSI. The thing is, my 6119 mobo

> is a CPU PnP mobo. And so I tried both the p2.8 and p2.9 PnP BIOSs,

> but they both hung with a large HDD attached.

>

> Now it's so interesting that they also list a "special" BIOS on this

> webpage, as you pointed out, which deals with large HDDs. But, the

> problem I have is that it states this particular BIOS (Version s2.a)

> is for the standard (non-PnP) mobo. Now my reasoning says "don't use

> it, you've got the PnP mobo and not the standard mobo".

>

> But should I give it a go?!?!

>

> Best regards, Robert.

 

Robert:

 

It is a bit ambiguous.

 

If it were mine and I did not have a lot invested in it, I would try

it. If it is flat out WRONG the flash utility will probably give an

error message if you try. Even if it fails to solve your problem there

is a fighting chance you can revert to the old BIOS and be no worse

off than you are now.

 

YMMV

 

John

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[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

On Wed, 28 May 2008 10:11:19 -0700 (PDT), rpgs rock dvds

<rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>Hi John,

>

>Many thanks for your post.

>

>I must admit that I previously spent over half an hour trying to get

>my head around this BIOS webpage from MSI. The thing is, my 6119 mobo

>is a CPU PnP mobo. And so I tried both the p2.8 and p2.9 PnP BIOSs,

>but they both hung with a large HDD attached.

>

>Now it's so interesting that they also list a "special" BIOS on this

>webpage, as you pointed out, which deals with large HDDs. But, the

>problem I have is that it states this particular BIOS (Version s2.a)

>is for the standard (non-PnP) mobo. Now my reasoning says "don't use

>it, you've got the PnP mobo and not the standard mobo".

>

>But should I give it a go?!?!

>

>Best regards, Robert.

 

I would think that a PnP motherboard first detects the CPU type via a

BIOS CPUID routine, then looks up a Vcore table, and finally applies

the correct voltage to the CPU. Or maybe the Vcore can be manually set

in the BIOS setup, in which case the BIOS would consult the

appropriate location in CMOS RAM and then set Vcore accordingly.

 

A non-PnP BIOS would expect that the Vcore would be hardwired via

jumpers, which means that the BIOS could not control the Vcore. Hence

the Vcore voltage would remain at whatever level it initially powered

up at. I would think that this initial level would be the maximum

possible Vcore because otherwise you would not be able to power up

those CPUs requiring the highest voltages. It is only when the BIOS

determines that the CPU is a lower voltage type that the Vcore voltage

can be programmatically reduced. However a non-PnP BIOS would not be

able to do this, so the Vcore would remain at maximum, possibly

destroying the CPU (???).

 

That's my theory anyway ...

 

- Franc Zabkar

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[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:30:52 +1000, Franc Zabkar

<fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>On Wed, 28 May 2008 10:11:19 -0700 (PDT), rpgs rock dvds

><rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>

>>Hi John,

>>

>>Many thanks for your post.

>>

>>I must admit that I previously spent over half an hour trying to get

>>my head around this BIOS webpage from MSI. The thing is, my 6119 mobo

>>is a CPU PnP mobo. And so I tried both the p2.8 and p2.9 PnP BIOSs,

>>but they both hung with a large HDD attached.

>>

>>Now it's so interesting that they also list a "special" BIOS on this

>>webpage, as you pointed out, which deals with large HDDs. But, the

>>problem I have is that it states this particular BIOS (Version s2.a)

>>is for the standard (non-PnP) mobo. Now my reasoning says "don't use

>>it, you've got the PnP mobo and not the standard mobo".

>>

>>But should I give it a go?!?!

>>

>>Best regards, Robert.

>

>I would think that a PnP motherboard first detects the CPU type via a

>BIOS CPUID routine, then looks up a Vcore table, and finally applies

>the correct voltage to the CPU. Or maybe the Vcore can be manually set

>in the BIOS setup, in which case the BIOS would consult the

>appropriate location in CMOS RAM and then set Vcore accordingly.

>

>A non-PnP BIOS would expect that the Vcore would be hardwired via

>jumpers, which means that the BIOS could not control the Vcore. Hence

>the Vcore voltage would remain at whatever level it initially powered

>up at. I would think that this initial level would be the maximum

>possible Vcore because otherwise you would not be able to power up

>those CPUs requiring the highest voltages. It is only when the BIOS

>determines that the CPU is a lower voltage type that the Vcore voltage

>can be programmatically reduced. However a non-PnP BIOS would not be

>able to do this, so the Vcore would remain at maximum, possibly

>destroying the CPU (???).

>

>That's my theory anyway ...

>

>- Franc Zabkar

 

I just realised your board supports Pentium II and III CPUs. These use

VID pins for setting the voltage. AFAICT this means that the CPU

itself can correctly configure its Vcore voltage without external

assistance. Whether your board does it this way, I don't know.

 

- Franc Zabkar

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[Guest Etal]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

rpgs rock dvds wrote:

> Franc Zabkar wrote:

>

> <snipped previous post messages to simplify things a bit>

>

> Franc, please may I ask you a somewhat off-topic question? Many

> thanks if this is OK...

>

> It's regarding a used MSI motherboard I bought recently. The model

> is:

>

> MS6119 ver 1.2 BX2

>

> If I attach a large capacity HDD to this mobo (such as a 160gb or

> 300gb HDD), it hangs on POST when the mobo attempts to ascertain it's

> size. If I physically "cap" the HDD with a jumper to limit its size

> to 32gb, everything is OK.

>

> I flashed the BIOS to the very latest version (version p2.9, Award)

> and I also tried flashing to the penultimate version as well (version

> p2.8, Award).

>

> URL information =

>

> http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=332

>

> Browsing this MSI website, I notice with interest that they have two

> different BIOSs on offer for the same board - one is a more up-to-date

> Award BIOS (which I have tried as mentioned above), the other is an

> older dated AMI BIOS. (Please note, I haven't tried the older AMI

> BIOS offerings yet.)

>

> I *think* (regarding large capacity HDDs) that I may be out of luck

> with this mobo, but before I give up on it, I'd thought I'd run this

> problem past you to see if you could offer any pearls of wisdom.

>

> Many thanks, best regards, Robert.

 

also

> "But should I give it a go?!?!"

>

 

Beware! You may /kill/ the motherboard. I did with the reverse

process.

 

I was unable to find what distinguished a "MSI Standard M/B."

motherboard from a "mainboard with "CPU PLUG AND PLAY" function."

but the BIOS for the latter was newer by several months so i

finally tried it .. and then was unable to boot back into the

BIOS, and had no chance to boot with a floppy to flash it back to

a 's'-prefixed BIOS.

 

My board is a 1.1 version, "MS6119 ver 1.1 BX2" and it has a DIP

switch-device on the motherboard marked "SW1" (as can be seen in

the manual) to set the CPU-speed. I couldn't make out from the

manual if the "CPU PLUG AND PLAY"-kind motherboard lacked this

DIP Switch or not.

 

So, unless you want to try out hot-flashing BIOS'es .. beware!

 

 

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[Guest rpgs rock dvds]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

On 28 May, 22:25, Franc Zabkar <fzab...@iinternode.on.net> wrote:

 

<I snipped everything here, because I'm worried it will mess up OE

readers>

> This person has done a lot of patching to BIOSes of that era:http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm

>

> It appears that these BIOSes were limited to 128GB HDs.

>

> The OP in this thread appears to have the same problem as you:http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/topic1278.html

>

> "Rainbow" claims he "can patch the 64GB bug in v2.9 BIOS".

>

> This is his/her list of patched BIOSes (limited to 128GB):http://wims.rainbow-software.org/index.php?count=-1

>

> "The 32GB bug in Award BIOS that prevents many users from using HDD

> larger than 32GB (BIOS hangs at detection) can be easily fixed in

> existing BIOSes. The 64GB bug that causes hang at configuration table

> can be also fixed."

>

> The following links may be useful.

>

> Harddisk Upgrade: The BIOS IDE Harddisk Limitations:http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/bioslim.htm

>

> BIOS Int 13h Extensions detection utility (6 KB ZIP-file):http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/extbio13.zip

>

> - Franc Zabkar

 

Oh wow! I've got some homework to do! ;-)

 

After reading all of the articles (amazing research Franc, thanks so

much!), your observation that "It appears that these BIOSes <for MSI

mobo version MS6119> were limited to 128GB HDs." is absolutely spot-on

correct.

 

It's a terrible shame that I've already invested in three brand new

300gb drives for my three legacy PC boxes, and as such I feel as if I

ought to keep the drives and move on to a different mobo.

 

The mobo was very cheap, plus it came with a CPU and stick of RAM,

both of which I'm already using for something else, so there's not

much lost here. Plus this problem came to light immediately when I

first tried to use the mobo, so the amount of time lost was very small

as well.

 

Thanks very much for everyone's interesting comments!

 

Best regards, Robert.

[Guest rpgs rock dvds]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

On 29 May, 01:39, Etal <l...@sig.bcause.this.is.invalid> wrote:

> rpgs rock dvds wrote:

> > Franc Zabkar wrote:

>

> > <snipped previous post messages to simplify things a bit>

>

> > Franc, please may I ask you a somewhat off-topic question?  Many

> > thanks if this is OK...

>

> > It's regarding a used MSI motherboard I bought recently.  The model

> > is:

>

> > MS6119 ver 1.2 BX2

>

> > If I attach a large capacity HDD to this mobo (such as a 160gb or

> > 300gb HDD), it hangs on POST when the mobo attempts to ascertain it's

> > size.  If I physically "cap" the HDD with a jumper to limit its size

> > to 32gb, everything is OK.

>

> > I flashed the BIOS to the very latest version (version p2.9, Award)

> > and I also tried flashing to the penultimate version as well (version

> > p2.8, Award).

>

> > URL information =

>

> >http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&main....

>

> > Browsing this MSI website, I notice with interest that they have two

> > different BIOSs on offer for the same board - one is a more up-to-date

> > Award BIOS (which I have tried as mentioned above), the other is an

> > older dated AMI BIOS.  (Please note, I haven't tried the older AMI

> > BIOS offerings yet.)

>

> > I *think* (regarding large capacity HDDs) that I may be out of luck

> > with this mobo, but before I give up on it, I'd thought I'd run this

> > problem past you to see if you could offer any pearls of wisdom.

>

> > Many thanks, best regards, Robert.

>

>      also

>

> > "But should I give it a go?!?!"

>

> Beware! You may /kill/ the motherboard. I did with the reverse

> process.

>

> I was unable to find what distinguished a "MSI Standard M/B."

> motherboard from a "mainboard with "CPU PLUG AND PLAY" function."

> but the BIOS for the latter was newer by several months so i

> finally tried it .. and then was unable to boot back into the

> BIOS, and had no chance to boot with a floppy to flash it back to

> a 's'-prefixed BIOS.

>

> My board is a 1.1 version, "MS6119 ver 1.1 BX2" and it has a DIP

> switch-device on the motherboard marked "SW1" (as can be seen in

> the manual) to set the CPU-speed. I couldn't make out from the

> manual if the "CPU PLUG AND PLAY"-kind motherboard lacked this

> DIP Switch or not.

>

> So, unless you want to try out hot-flashing BIOS'es .. beware!

>

> --

> Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion.

>

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I am going to heed your warning advice - I have decided not to flash

the BIOS because I think the likelihood of success is too small and

the likelihood of a fundamental problem is too large.

 

Thank you, Best regards, Robert.

[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

On Thu, 29 May 2008 03:20:03 -0700 (PDT), rpgs rock dvds

<rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>your observation that "It appears that these BIOSes <for MSI

>mobo version MS6119> were limited to 128GB HDs." is absolutely spot-on

>correct.

>

>It's a terrible shame that I've already invested in three brand new

>300gb drives for my three legacy PC boxes, and as such I feel as if I

>ought to keep the drives and move on to a different mobo.

 

I have a socket 7 motherboard of the same era. Its AMI BIOS is limited

to 128GB HDs. However, I know of one individual with the same

motherboard who says he is running "a pair of 400 GB drives and a 500

GB drive, all with overlays". He is using W2K, though.

 

- Franc Zabkar

--

Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

[Guest rpgs rock dvds]

Re: EMM386: Unrecoverable privileged operation error #I7

 

On 29 May, 22:07, Franc Zabkar <fzab...@iinternode.on.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 May 2008 03:20:03 -0700 (PDT), rpgs rock dvds

> <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>

> >your observation that "It appears that these BIOSes <for MSI

> >mobo version MS6119> were limited to 128GB HDs." is absolutely spot-on

> >correct.

>

> >It's a terrible shame that I've already invested in three brand new

> >300gb drives for my three legacy PC boxes, and as such I feel as if I

> >ought to keep the drives and move on to a different mobo.

>

> I have a socket 7 motherboard of the same era. Its AMI BIOS is limited

> to 128GB HDs. However, I know of one individual with the same

> motherboard who says he is running "a pair of 400 GB drives and a 500

> GB drive, all with overlays". He is using W2K, though.

>

> - Franc Zabkar

> --

> Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

 

I think that's the key to this situation: overlays. However, just for

the time being, I want to avoid them and try and find a mobo that will

simply not hang on POST and allow me access to approx 137gb of my

300gb HDDs space. After I get a lot of things working etc, I can then

look again at trying to get the mobos to get access to the rest of the

HDDs space somehow. (Although if I couldn't achieve this, it wouldn't

be a "show-stopped".)

 

Thanks a lot, best regards, Robert.