80GB:03/11/96-i430FX-2A59CF54C-00

BIOS update, EIDE card, or overlay software? (FAQ Hard disk recognition)
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smkcbe
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Is there an update for this BIOS to recognize an 80GB drive? Thanks in advance.

Program: Unicore Chip Detect v0.72 2000.03.10
BIOS Date: 03/11/96
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.50G
BIOS ID: 03/11/96-i430FX-2A59CF54C-00
BIOS Eval: 03/11/1996 RELEASE
Chipset: Intel Triton 430FX rev 2
Superio: UMC/ITE 8669 rev 0 found at port 108h
NickS
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A Google search for i430FX-2A59CF54C turns up Fugutech M506, a version of PC-Chips M506. It uses the same BIOS as the M507; see the PC-Chips Lottery M506/M507 page. I'll see whether a patched BIOS is around, but you may find that your mobo does not have a flash EEPROM. Can you check by attempting to save your BIOS with the AWDFLASH utility or Uniflash ?
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Tested patched BIOS for PC-Chips M506 at the "tested" link in my signature. Save your BIOS before flashing, if flash is possible.
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With 4.50G Bios Core the Bios is most likely stored in a non-flashable Eprom
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Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
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smkcbe
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You guys were right. The bios is on a non-flashable eprom. Thanks for all your help.
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Rainbow wrote:Already present at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
Sometime's it's easier to write
NickS wrote:the "tested" link in my signature
:wink: :wink:
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