160gb HDD detected as 8gb on Asus P2-99B Mobo

BIOS update, EIDE card, or overlay software? (FAQ Hard disk recognition)
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norrissee
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Asus P2-99B
ACPI BIOS Revision 1011 Date 10/21/1999
Bios String 10/21/99-i440ZX-P2-99B-00
Download http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/slo ... 9b1011.zip
KURIAKI
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Are you tried the latest beta BIOS?
ASUS P2-99B ACPI BIOS Revision 1013 Beta 005
10/03/00-i440ZX-P2-99B-00
http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/slo ... 1013b9.zip
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norrissee
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yup, i have already tried it. It still is detecting the hard disk as an 8gb drive. Ive managed to make the drive work with windows using the dynamic drive switch in WinXP. But am having problems making it work in DOS/Win98.
KachiWachi
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I had the same thing happen here recently on my ASUS P3V 4X (1005 BIOS).

I think the BIOS is wrapping around...but I'm not sure. The OS (W2K) read the disk just fine however.
Uranium235
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Sounds like a 48-bit LBA BIOS snag. Check out http://www.48bitlba.com/index.htm

There is an unofficial 48-bit LBA patch for Win9x here:
http://members.aol.com/rloew1/
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Uranium235 wrote:There is an unofficial 48-bit LBA patch for Win9x here:
http://members.aol.com/rloew1/
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Non Credit/Debit card payment via PayPal? I wouldn't have a clue how to do that.
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He don't like the fees...
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