120GB: 09/16/1998-i440BX-W977TF-P6BX

BIOS update, EIDE card, or overlay software? (FAQ Hard disk recognition)
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GilbertsGrape
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Program: Unicore BIOS Agent Version 1.8
BIOS Date: 09/16/98
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 09/16/1998-i440BX-W977TF-P6BX
BIOS Eval: P6BX-Me Ver 1.1d 09/18/1998
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 2
Superio: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h

I bought a 120 GB WD Drive and it will not work with my pc. After pluging the Drive in it hangs up on start up at bios Drive detection. any help would be appreciatred.

Thank you,
Gary
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Flash your BIOS at your own risk.
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Thanks for the link but i still dont see any of those listed on that page talking about support for large Hard Drives. Does that mean it still wolnt fix my problem?

Thanks again
Gary
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If not, someone here might be able to patch it. Failing that, there's always a controller card.
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Patched BIOS sent by e-mail :)
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GilbertsGrape
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I got the e-mail. I will give it a try
Thank you
Gary
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Rainbow wrote:Patched BIOS sent by e-mail :)
The Patch Worked Great. I am formating the Drive now.

Thank you so much,
Gary
I would atach the patch to this message but i dont see where to add an attachment to this BB

Thanks again
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There are no attachments here. All tested patched BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org/. This one too from this moment.
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