Posted August 20, 200816 yr 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=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." > ******************************************************* >
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