80GB: DFI K6XV3+/66

BIOS update, EIDE card, or overlay software? (FAQ Hard disk recognition)
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ToM_1st
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Hi!

I've the DFI K6XV3+/66 B+ Mainboard and I thought it
supports Harddisks over 32GB. I mean it has an UDMA 66 Controller !
But when I tried the IDE autodedection it just has a size of 32GB.
I've the newest (not beta) Bios installed. There is one newer Beta Bios
but it just fixes a 'two HDD on the second controller' Problem.

Is there a way to get the 80 Gig Seagate Harddrive to work ?


Any suggestions ?
Thanks!


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Rainbow
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You have this BIOS "04/12/2000-VP3-596B-DD-2A5LED4GC-00"? It supports HDDs up to 128GB. Make sure that the drive is jumpered correctly - especially the 32GB clipping jumper must NOT be installed.
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ToM_1st
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>You have this BIOS "04/12/2000-VP3-596B-DD-2A5LED4GC-00"? It >supports HDDs up to 128GB.

Yes it's exactly that version.


>Make sure that the drive is jumpered correctly - especially the 32GB >clipping jumper must NOT be installed.

Yeah, i'm not a beginner :? The 32GB Jumper is not installed.

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/ata/st380021a.html
That are the jumpersettings and I've choosen the Slave setting
which means there is no jumper installed.

Maybe I can't use IDE Autodetection from the Bios and try it the
manual way ?
One other strange thing under Win 98 SE is the drive's name.
It's not Seagate Barracuda but some strange ASCII characters.

Any help ?
Thanks
Rainbow
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When you have two drives on the same cable, one must be jumpered as master and one as slave. When the drive is on the cable alone it must be jumpered as single (if there's no single setting, then master).
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ajzchips
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The strange ASCII characters could also mean a defective cable. I've seen that happen lots of times.
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Maybe a strange Bug seen too with Gigabyte GA5AX F3 Bios - hdd with capacity are seen as 32Gb regardless of the 32GB Limit jumper is set or not - install latest Beta (4/2001). Seems the fixed problems with 75+GB HDD with beginning of 2001 with older K6BV3+ series so fix should be integrated in K6XV3+/66 Bios .
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