BIOS Updates forum

Thanks for your response. I removed the cylinder limitation jumper and tried your patched BIOS and my 60 GB hard drive, with the existing partitions that were created when the cylinder limitation jumper was set . I realize these are not ideal conditions for testing the BIOS, but I have some data on ...

Thanks for your help, but that patched BIOS doesn't seem to work properly with my system. After I flashed it, I experienced sluggishness and lock-up issues. Could it have something to do with the super I/O chip? According to BIOS Agent, my super I/O chip is: UMC 8663 B rev 0 found at port 108h My BI...

The motherboard is:

GA586VX REV 3.37

bigdaddy0155, Just out of curiosity, I downloaded the update you mentioned (7513210.exe, right?) and looked at the instructions on Gateway's site. As hard as it is to believe, Gateway screwed up massively with its instructions and the packaging of its update file. What you really need is a bootable ...

I am trying to use a Maxtor 60 GB harddrive with my Gigabyte GA-586VX motherboard. The BIOS info follows: BIOS ID: 2A59GG0BC BIOS Date: 09/22/98 BIOS Signon: 09/22/98-i430VX-8663-2A59GG0BC-00 BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG Super I/O: UMC 8663B rev 0 found at port 108h Chipset: Intel Triton 43...