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I finally managed to get a voltage regulator adapter to try again. This adapter supports 2.0v, 2.2v and 2.4v for the core voltage, and the CPU multiplier up to 6x using jumpers. Installed the K6-2+ CPU into the adapter and configured the jumpers accordingly. However the reboot issue still persists d...

I have decided to try again with the K6-2+ and replacing the EDO ram with 2 x 8MB to see if the restart loop has something to do with this and to my surprise I was able to past the POST memory count without issues. However, the good news ends here because when I restart by doing a soft reboot or Ctr...

Hello. I got a Socket 7 Motherboard which is a Gigabyte GA-586ATV Rev. 4B, a later revision which uses a Raytheon RC5041 regulator (https://pdf.dzsc.com/RC5/RC5041.pdf) and can supply the core voltage from 2.1v to 3.5v. Out of curiosity I decided to try the patched BIOS that includes support for K6-...

Thank you very much!

The PC now passes the POST screen without the 32GB cap on the HDD and the 64GB capacity is now properly detected.

Sorry for the very late response. In the first post of this thread, I mentioned the actual revision of the motherboard is D. Checked the inside of the computer to make sure. As for the patched BIOS, for now I'm using the hard drive with the 32GB cap for now. Once the BIOS patch is available, I will ...

Found the lastest BIOS version for the motherboard around the Internet (07/31/98-i430HX-2A59FD4HC-00) since it is no longer available at the DFI website. Here is the location of the lastest BIOS (from DriverGuide) so it could be patched: http://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=861671&a...

Hi! I have an old Pentium 166mhz PC and want to use a 64GB HDD as the primary storage. Here is some BIOS info: Motherboard: DFI G586IPC Rev D. BIOS Type: Award Modula BIOS v4.51PG BIOS ID: 05/09/97-i430HX-2A59FD4HC-00 I have found a patched BIOS that supports HDD up to 64GB for this motherboard arou...