BIOS Updates forum

I understand that XP does not get the information from the BIOS. What I said is that if you physicaly jumper the hard drive to the alternate jumper settings provided by western digital, XP does see it as only 32GB. (At least durring the install where it lets you create and format partitions.) Appare...

On my BIOS, apple_rom's utility could not find the section that needed to be fixed for the "big" hard drive support. 04/11/00-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LEPA9C-00 Chris I should add that I've solved my hard drive issue and answered my questions in another thread here so, I'm just posting my result with the ut...

Thanks for the response. =) I got XP to see the full drive (see below), so I think I will hold your patched version in reserve for now (under the idea that with BIOS, if it works don't fix it). But I'm still greatfull to have it as I may still end up needing it at some point. I found the answer to m...

> Aha, so it is more or less the same utility as we have then... Who is "we" and where is your utility? > Wimsbios has NOT tested apple_rom's BIOS patching techniques. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Does wimbios.com have a utility, or have they tested any utility, to fix the 64GB Award bug? I couldn't find o...

Thanks on 2 and 4. It's good to know that I got the most recent update and that it is a known thing for my 60 to work but my 120 to have a problem even with that update.

Probably more and more people will run into this 64GB bug now as they get bigger drives.

Chris

Problem: I got a 120GB Western Digital Drive, and it causes my BIOS to lock up. ----- Background: I have an Epox motherboard. The printing on the board says EP-58 MVP3C-M (But I think maybe Epox just calls it an MVP3C). BIOS agent says I have: 2A5LEPA9C 04/11/00 04/11/00-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LEPA9C-00 A...