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:cry: Hi,
I have an old 468 DX2 laptop 66 Mhz with a 209,7 MG HDD. Unfortunate the BIOS dose not recognise the HDD anymore. It reports a fixed disk failure ( Invalid configuration information - Please run SETUP program ).
I tryed an upgrade to Version 1.03 ( recomended by a friend) but that dose not help at all. The label on the ...

Goodday

My BIOS says there's only 32 GB instead of 80 GB on my new Maxtor drive. I don't know so much about his stuff so I read the FAQ. Since flashing is risky I am content to use 'overlay software'. My question is: where can I download this software??

Thanks for any replies.

Exsicca.

I have an old 486 computer that I got off my brother. I have a 40GB hard drive order and I want to put it in my brother's old computer install linux and run an ftp site from that computer. But i'm not sure if the computer will support the new 40GB hard drive and I was wondering if anybody could give me some information on the BIOS that's in this computer. Any information will ...

Windows 98 does not recognise my Maxtor 40GB drive;
After flashing Bios of my DFI CB60-V3 MB the drive is
well recognised by the BIOS

Partition Magic still claims there is only 32 GB present
Norton stops checking the drive's partitions

Who can help?


Regards,

Matthijs Borst

I Bought a 40 GB HD, and the Bios won't detect anything, like nothing exist there, and everything is properly conneted. Bios is a HOT591P from Shuttle. Should the Bios at least detect something there, or I have to buy a new MOBO? Probably the best choice....

I've done a little research and here is the pertinent information of
what I have installed on my system:

Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Award Plug&Play Bios extension v1.02a
Award ID-String: 02/23/1999 - I440ZX - SMC60X - 2A69KB0JC-00
Board/Bios Version: TZA0203D
Mobo: by BIOSTAR and the model is M6TZA v1.0
Chipset: I440ZX - SMC60X Intel 440BX/ZX rev 3
Superio: SMC 60x rev 0 found at port 3F0h

I've searched the web and see that Award is ...

I have an older machine with an Intel Advanced/EV Motherboard and 1.00.04.CB0 AMI Bios. I'm trying to find out if I need to upgrade the bios to 1.00.06.CB0 to support adding a 40GB hard drive. Can anyone help?