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Could you please patch this bios instead of that one? See here for details.

Thank you for your effort.

Just an update:

I have just found and tried a "beta" bios here, and now the stick is properly recognized, and seems to work just fine. Hopefully this will help anyone else who runs into this problem.

No, I'm not really. Last time I had it working properly, though, I successfully ran the memtest86 test while using it, but later it caused corruption.

I'm just not sure whether it is the ram or the bios/mobo playing up.

Hello, I recently bought a single sided SD stick rated at PC133. On the stick it says "8mb x 16", and it is supposed to be 128MB, but it is only detected by my MB as 64MB. I have tried this Bios: http://wims.rainbow-software.org/ajz/Shuttle%20HOT-637A%20v2.x_3.x.zip And the full size was detected. I...

Thanks for the reply

Unfortunately, that bios still stops when trying to detect my new HD. This is really the more important issue compared to udma.

Do you know the difference between the 637 and 637P, btw? What problems can there be for not using the bios designed for the P model?

Hello, I have a new 80GB WD drive and it is not recognized by my bios. Here are some details: BIOS ID: 03/19/98-i440LX-ITE8679-2A69JH2BC OEM Sign-On: (637PWIQ1) Intel i440LX PCIset(TM) BIOS Date: 03/19/98 BIOS Type: Award Chipset: Intel 440EX/LX rev 3 Super I/O: Unknown OS: Win98 BIOS ROM Socket: Un...