40GB: 04/30/98-537+UMC8670F-2A5LDH09C-00

Perdu · Sat Apr 05, 2003 1:56 pm

hello

i'd like to install a 40Gb drive on this PcShips M573 card

Thanks for helping...

Sat Apr 05, 2003 2:29 pm

Check the link in my sig for a file in brackets. This is untested - try at your own risk. You may need to change the UDMA mode of your HDD using the manufacturer utility.

Perdu · Sat Apr 05, 2003 2:31 pm

Found this link in another forum
http://wims.rainbow-software.org/nicks/

i used the file found there and drive is now detected but trying to install Win2k hangs at the first graphic part of the install (first splash, no num lock, no mouse...)

Sat Apr 05, 2003 3:10 pm

Might be a RAM problem....

Sun Apr 06, 2003 1:02 pm

Did you change the UDMA mode as suggested ?

Perdu · Sun Apr 13, 2003 12:07 pm

gonna try to change the DMA but to what should i set it ???

RAM is EDO, 80Mb, never had any problem with it.

i got a 128 sDRAM but if i replace edo by sdram, it only detect it as 32Mb Ram...

Mon Apr 14, 2003 1:14 pm

Are you sure you have a M573 ?
> Your ID belongs to a M537DMA33 - different I/O chip and no Sound/no 2.2V setting
To get 128MB SDRAM you need an 8-chip or 16 chip stick of SDRAM - I had a M537DMA with 256MB SDRAM on a 16-chip stick

Wed Apr 16, 2003 7:27 pm

After you've sorted out whether it's an M573 or an M573DMA, if you still plan to change the UDMA mode set it to UDMA 33.

Perdu · Sat Apr 19, 2003 10:01 am

I put the 537 bios, it works better as i can have access to my floppy again but when install W2k

Error Line 1 of inf file is incorrect

Just after when you have to press F6 if you want to add drivers.

I tried using W2KServer, Advanced Server, Patched SP1, SP2

No change.

With old bios i could pass the text part and was stopped during the graphical based setup...

Anyone got an idea ?

Because else that i think i am gonna try to install linux or lindows on this machine...

Anyway thanks for the help already given !

Sat Apr 19, 2003 11:14 am

still sounds like RAM problem...

Perdu · Mon Apr 21, 2003 1:42 pm

May be because i use a K6200 only ???

i checked google, the error message doesn't give anything

'Line 1 inf file is invalid'

Perdu · Tue Apr 22, 2003 12:09 am

Red Hat 9 failed when decompressing disk image (?)
after line Image found at block 0

in Mandrake 7 i got a kernel panic...

Lindows 2.0 Setup failed also...

So i guess i am in trouble...

As i had less problems using previous bios (but hd not detected) maybe should it be better if i get my old bios patched as it seems the ones i found don't work the way i want on my motherboard ...

I can send it by mail if required

I changed memory, no card except video present on the board... so... if someone has an idea...

Else i will have to work under DOS 6.22... back to the ages...

Bye

Tue Apr 22, 2003 7:25 am

One last thing to try: a pentium CPU, I've got win2k installed on a P1-166MMX and running with 128MB.

Perdu · Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:13 pm

http://dissemble.net/tlug-archive/02-10/31249.html

I update the DMA of my disk... no change

Tue Apr 29, 2003 10:56 pm

One thing to try : Reduce the memory timings in Bios- if I remember correct the patched M537DMA Bios uses some kind of aggressive memory timings