32GB+: 03/08/1999-I430TX-ALI513-2A59IF99C

BIOS update, EIDE card, or overlay software? (FAQ Hard disk recognition)
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bimbo
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Hallo,
I need an update for my bios Award
ID-String 03/08/1999-I430TX-ALI513-
2A59IF99C to use a harddisc
greather than 32GB.
May you help me?
Thanks
NickS
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Hi Bimbo
Can you tell us please what other message you see, at the top left of the memory count screen ? It could be:
"FOR TX-5IB2 PCI/ISA/AGP MODE VER:1.3"
or
"FOR 5TX29 PCI/ISA/AGP MODE VER:1.3"

I have moved this to a more appropriate forum.

[additional info: Redfox/Fordlian TX-5IB2 and 5TX29 both use this string]
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bimbo
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Hi Nick,
thank you for your reply.
It is a "TX-5IB2 PCI/ISA/AGP MODE VER:1.3".
On the homepage from Redfox I couldn´t
find a working update.
All the Best!
bimbo
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There seems to be a patched version here: http://bios.rom.by/Acorp/socket7.htm

...of the 5TX29 BIOS.

Rainbow, could you help us with the Russian? Apart from the K6-X+ support, what does it say? (also mentions 32GB...).
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Added K6-2+, K6-III+
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soupy wrote:Google found:

http://th2chips.host.sk/redfox/5ib2/
Yup, that's how I found there were two with the same string. :) So I guess I'll patch that one, if no-one has already done it ?
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bimbo
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Hallo,
I downloaded the versions, but i can´t unzip.
All versions have a CRC-mistake.
What can I do?
Thanks
bimbo
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Maybe the download didn't complete - I had that problem earlier today from that site. I have downloaded one and patched it - I will email it to you for you to test.
Note: the zip file contains a .bin file which contains lharc compressed files. Do not decompress these to produce (e.g.) original.tmp etc.
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Hallo Nick,
thank you for your email. I pached my bios and now
it works with my 40GB harddisk.
I got an answer from RedFox, too:
"you need a disk manager to maximize your hard drive capacity".
RedFox sent me a file "Ontrack Data International solution for
33GB BIOS lockup".
But your bios-update did works already.
All the best
bimbo
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Thanks for the feedback - I'm glad it worked for you !
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