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robertq
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.
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.
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]
> >> 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]
> >> | > 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=kben-us303013
> >> | > >>
> >> | > >> Windows XP Does Not Recognize All Available Disk Space
> >> | > >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kben-us316505
> >> | > >>
> >> | > >> --
> >> | > >> 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
> >> | > >>
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
> *******************************************************
> "We cannot predict where, ultimately, the Computer Revolution will take us.
> All we know for certain is that, when we finally get there, we won't have
> enough RAM."
> *******************************************************
>
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.
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.
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]
> >> 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]
> >> | > 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=kben-us303013
> >> | > >>
> >> | > >> Windows XP Does Not Recognize All Available Disk Space
> >> | > >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kben-us316505
> >> | > >>
> >> | > >> --
> >> | > >> 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
> >> | > >>
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
> *******************************************************
> "We cannot predict where, ultimately, the Computer Revolution will take us.
> All we know for certain is that, when we finally get there, we won't have
> enough RAM."
> *******************************************************
>
