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First, pls make sure that you have selected the correct IC model during programming. After re-install the bios IC, you may try to remove all the PCI cards and reset the cmos by setting the jumper or take out the battery on the motherboard. Then you can try to boot up.

If it is still the same, try ...

Thanks rainbow. I have solve it by reprogramme it using external IC programmer.

I have a big problem here. My motherboard is Asus P5A, I just flashed the bios to latest version to support my 40GB HD. But this aflash.exe from Asus become runtime error while flashing my Bios.

Now my bios is corrupted and my motherboard cannot turn on. Because this is a old model and cannot get ...

Can any one recommend a way to record down the whole bios setting so that I can refer back when that is mis-change of the bios setting ?

Preferable can be save to softcopy and printable.

Thanks.

wmfei

Diskmanager will work but better use an Add-On UDMA Controller .
It'll cost you some bucks but it'll give you more speed out of your Hdd as your motherboard is able to get .
Because your Board has 16MB max and your HDD should be capable to do about 30-35MB/sec .

What kind of card is it ? If I use ...

Rainbow wrote:I can patch the 32GB bug if the BIOS already supports HDDs upto 32GB. But this one is old and looks like it's upto 8.4GB only - there is no Int13 Extensions code present for hard disks, so there's nothing to patch

Can I use the Ontrack Disk Manager to install the HD ?
Will it work ?

wmfei

Looks like you're out of luck - that's the latest BIOS and supports only upto 8.4GB :(
Try to contact QDI techsupport if they have some beta BIOS. Other companies provide better support (newer BIOSes) even for older i430FX boards.

Dear Rainbow,

I saw from the previous forum, you have help to ...

Any one can help me on my new harddisk maxtor 40GB, it cannot be detected by my old PC. I flash the BIOS from QDI, by it seems like not fix for this bugs.

The info of my BIOS/motherboard is as below :

BIOS Date: 03/25/97
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 03/25/97-i430HX-NS306 ...