What can I do?

[zon]

Hi! I recently buy a Western Digital 20Gb HDD and mount in my computer but for nothing, because my BIOS don't see it!!! I try to setuo the HDD in user mode with the tehnical data obtained from www.westerndigital.com and that work BUT I can use only 8Gb and only when i boot from another HDD otherwise the BIOS don't see the new HDD.

Here is something about my matherboard:
BIOS Id: 2A59IK19C
BIOS Date: 09/18/97
BIOS Signon: 09/18/97-i430TX-ALi513x-2A59IK19C-00
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Super I/O: ALi M5133 rev 0 found at port 3F0h
Chipset: Intel Triton 430TX rev 1
OEM Signon: KM-T5-T1 Intel Triton TX Rev. 1

If you thing is beter to flash my BIOS please tell me some URL's from where can I download some files (I can't downoad anything that can help from your site!?!) and how to do it.

Please, help me!

[NickS]

A Google search for the BIOS ID string turns up this link:
Plasma online - identify your Jamicon Mainboard which identifies your mobo as Kai Mei Corp (now Jamicon) KM-T5-T1 v1.31 and has some useful links.

Google is often a useful first step.

[Rainbow]

That's the latest BIOS for your board. I think that it should support HDDs up to 32GB - check jumper settings on your HDD. Looks like you have 8GB clipping enabled.

[ajzchips]

Well, 9/1997 is a very critical date for >8GB support.
PCCHIPS implemented it in 10/1997 and others waited till the first quarter of 1998 to fix this.

[Rainbow]

AWD32GB showed me this:

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AWD32GB.EXE - Award BIOS patcher for HDDs over 32GB v0.8
Copyright (c) 2002 Rainbow Software (http://rainbow.ht.st).

Searching for Main Block...Found at 0
Searching for end of last block...Found at 89360
Decompressing Main Block...Decompressed 75551 bytes into 131072 bytes
BIOS ID string: 09/18/97-i430TX-ALi513x-2A59IK19C-00
BIOS OEM string: KM-T5-T1 Intel Triton TX  Rev. 1.6
Analyzing Main Block...
INT13h Extensions...Present: old-style
Old-style code found at 3187
Main Block patched successfully
Compressing Main Block...Compressed into 75551 bytes
Replacing Main Block...Move not needed
Updating checksum...Located at 118782...Updated OK

According to this, there's support upto 32GB. But it may be also bug in my program.

[Denniss]

If you want to test your program I suggest using latest official Bios for ECS P5VX-Be and the latest Servicebios .
The Servicebios may have some workaround with INT13 but did recognize a Seagate 17GB with 8GB so a Maxtor 20GB .
A small testprog reportet support for over 8GB .
To test again I can send you a P5VX-Be Bios which has support for over 8GB(version 1.5 - disappeared from ECS site)

[th]

Hi Dennis

can you also send me the V15 for the P5VX-Be.
I have one myself and only have V14h as latest.

Bye
Thomas

[Denniss]

On the way !

[Rainbow]

Please send me too.