80GB: i440ZX-W977TF-2A69KPNIC-00

BIOS update, EIDE card, or overlay software? (FAQ Hard disk recognition)
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danii_rock
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BIOS Date: 03/10/99
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 03/10/1999-i440ZX-W977TF-2A69KPNIC
OEM Sign-On: BIZ1A BIOS Ver:1.1
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 3
Superio: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h
OS: WinXP SP2

I want to put an 80GiB hard disk.... BIOS isn't autodetecting it

another 2 things:
1. a link to download awdflash or another flash utility
2. I don't have floppy.. how I make a bootable cd with utility on it?
KURIAKI
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Check the PCB version:
PCB V1.0
PCB V1.1a
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danii_rock
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i know i need BIZ1A220.bin but i don't know from where to take it. :D the manufacturer site isn't working
danii_rock
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i've tried the update biz1av21 , it reconized my 80 gb hdd (western digital), but in the boot section my computer blocked, before showing it's size, biz1av20 didn't recognized my hdd in post :(( any solutions? where do i find biz1av21.bin??? www.procomp.com.tw is down. :(
danii_rock
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i finally found almost all updates for my bios... biz1av20.bin , biz1av21.bin and biz1a220.bin.... I've updated with all of them starting from the oldest but none of them showed my hdd size or worked. :( two of them (21 and 220) saw my hdd correct but the system freezed before booting (primary master: LBA, UDMA 2, .... ) or in setup when atempting to auto detect the hdd. what can i do?
danii_rock
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kuriaki, do you have some patch for my bios to "see" over 64GB?
KURIAKI
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Try this one, copy and paste to your Internet browser:
http://kuriaki.myftp.org:8245/Archives/ ... BIZ1A).zip
At your own risk.
More than 100,000 BIOS strings in my database just now!
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danii_rock
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10x a lot.. it worked perfectly! :)
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Thanks for your feedback.
More than 100,000 BIOS strings in my database just now!
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http:/ /www.supportbios.info
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