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But beware... some people still call fast Celerons (above 533) PPGA, because they use the term to distinguish them from the Slot-1 types.

IIRC, Celerons upto 533 are PPGA.
Celerons 533A and above are FCPGA.
Newer Celerons 1000A, 1100A, 1200 and above are FCPGA2.

Several versions here: Versions: 1CA1/1CA2/1DA1/1EA1 http://www.soyousa.com/bios/586new/ (as above) ftp://ftp.soyo.de/support/5/5ema/bios/ 1BB1 http://www.bigedtech.com/oldbigedtech/Docs/SOYO/Pentium%20Boards/sy5ema.htm 1BA1/1BC1/1BD1/1BE2/1BE3/1CA1/1CA2 (replace Soyo with soyo in the link to the fi...

Perhaps it's defective?

I believe this thread will have to be retitled and made sticky.
This will be one of the greatest discoveries at wimsbios.com!!

Rainbow mentioned it's just a dozen (or so) consecutive bytes that need replacing, but this can only be done if the BIOS already has native support for HDDs upto 32GB, since this "patch" only "fixes" the bug. It doesn't add the full >8GB support.

2 suggestions:
a) Activate the DMA checkbox for your DVD in Windows' Device Manager.
b) Update your DVD reader's firmware: http://www.firmware.fr.st

Latest version: http://ajz.vr9.com
BIOS ID will start with: 10/16/1997-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Gigabyte has prepared a BIOS upgrading tutorial:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/support/procedure1.htm

Quite complete. Note: replace any Gigabyte entry with your manufacturer's.

I might have an update for it. 12/24/96-SiS-496-497/A/B-2A4IBJ19C-00 Most of the BIOSes I've seen with a ...1C-00 at the end are usually Award 4.50G or 4.51G BIOSes, but when they're later updated to the 4.50PG and 4.51PG core, then the numbering starts at "9" (PCCHIPS M519 BIOS, for instance). Anyw...

Nope. All you'll get with the latest update is support upto 32GB.

...problem... which is? Large HDD support?

What kind of support or fix are you looking for? Your BIOS already seems to support large (>32GB) HDDs.

Try an older version of the flasher. Make sure the *.bin file doesn't have the read-only attribute enabled.

Just don't forget to keep us informed.