60GB: 04/16/1999-SiS-5600-8661-2A6ILC39C- 00

BIOS update, EIDE card, or overlay software? (FAQ Hard disk recognition)
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Papasop
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Who can help me to get a patched bios for a chaintec motherboard type 6ssa2.
Please help me. I want to install a 60 GB WD harddisk but it is not
working. :(
I checked the chaintech site for latest bios, but there is no newer bios.
Bios info 04/16/1999-SiS-5600-8661-2A6ILC39C- 00
Hope someone can help me
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Rainbow
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Looks like Chaintech 6SSA2 rev.C. Patched BIOS sent.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
UniFlash - Flash anything anywhere
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edwin
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patched bios sent, use at your own risk.
edwin/evasive

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System error, strike any user to continue...
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Papasop
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Thanks Guys, flashed and it works like a dream. :D

Greetz Papasop.
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roberti
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Can somebody please send me the bios update to? I need it.

Thanx, Roberti
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download from http://wims.rainbow-software.org/
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roberti
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Thanx it worked great. :P

Roberti
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roberti
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On the other hand, it doesn't work great. :cry: It does recognize my disk know, but I cannot do much with it. I tried fdisk, but it doesn't pass the integrity check. I tried it with win2000 bootable cd and I can make the partitions, but I cannot format them, I get a BSOD.

If I put the HD in a other computer it workes fine, if I put an smaller (6 gig) HD in the computer it workes fine. I installed win98 on the new disk on a other computer, and when I put it in the computer it hangs halfway through the boot.

Does anybody have any idea?

P.S. it is a chaintech slot 1 6ssa2
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edwin
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First http://www.goldmemory.cz

and check wattage rating of your power supply. Cleared CMOS after the flash?
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NickS
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roberti wrote:On the other hand, it doesn't work great. :cry: It does recognize my disk know, but I cannot do much with it. I tried fdisk, but it doesn't pass the integrity check. I tried it with win2000 bootable cd and I can make the partitions, but I cannot format them, I get a BSOD.

If I put the HD in a other computer it workes fine, if I put an smaller (6 gig) HD in the computer it workes fine. I installed win98 on the new disk on a other computer, and when I put it in the computer it hangs halfway through the boot.

Does anybody have any idea?
UDMA66/100/133 HDD ? Tried setting the HDD UDMA mode to UDMA33 with the manufacturer's utility ?
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roberti
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Hoi Edwin,

The tip about clearing the cmos was the golden tip. After the flashing I loaded the setup defaults, but that apparantly wasn't enough. After I cleared the cmos everything worked well.

Thanx a bunch!!!

Groeten, Roberti :lol:
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