40GB: HP OmniBook XE3 GC.M1.03

[fuhji]

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PhoenixBIOS
GC.M1.03

30GB and 40GB HDDs not detected

Used Uniflash to save the BIOS, it is 128 kB, BIOS chip AMIC A29040L-70
Will send this file if needed

Please fix thank you

EDIT: Noticed that the latest BIOS is

GC.M1.63 , 1.63 , 11 Jul 2001
New features
1. Implement Battery calibration in BIOS
2. Add PIII CPU D0 stepping support.
3. Add SXGA+ panel support.
Fixed issues
1. Improve the flicker on HPA panel.

However I doubt it contains support for the larger harddrives as it was released in 2001 ???


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Flashed to GC.M1.63 and saved with Uniflash. File is 512 KB and seems to open in Phoenix BIOS Editor. Got no clue what to do from here though


EDIT:
Beware the M1.63 BIOS, it fails to boot from HDD (CD works). May need to reflash back to .03

[edwin]

3. After the BIOS update is complete, remove the AC adapter to manually reset the machine.

Did you do this after the bios update?