80GB: 09/21/2000-i440BX/ZX-977-2A69KPABC-00

BIOS update, EIDE card, or overlay software? (FAQ Hard disk recognition)
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Gateke
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Hello

I bought a 80gb maxtor hd, but my bios doesnt recognize it
I contacted the epox motherboard site already but they said
they didnt upgrade this sort of motherboard bios anymore :(
(biosupdate support only the maximum capacity of 65 gb)
What can i do?

- manually change in bios value of hd?
How can i do that?

or

Something else?

Greetings
Thibaud

ps: i dont know if its only me, but if i previewed my message, and
then go back in netscape browser , my message dissappeared
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Rainbow
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That BIOS supports HDDs up to 128GB!
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
UniFlash - Flash anything anywhere
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Gateke
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Ok

it works now!
I had installed the hd in a mobile rack but then the bios didnt recognized it
Why? :?:

So i removed the rack and the bios recognized my new hd.
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edwin
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Mobile racks, until very recently, were not capable of speeds beyond DMA33. Been there, done that, bought racks that said UDMA66/100 capable on the box, problem solved (and a happy customer).
edwin/evasive

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System error, strike any user to continue...
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