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by sparky
Wed Jul 23, 2003 6:03 am
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: 120GB: A615601 V3.0R3 111098
Replies: 16
Views: 7032

A few days ago I came across a bios upgrade that someone had tried on their Tiny MS 6156 mobo and claimed success. I found the link on the MSI forum. http://support.neccomp.com/downloads/search/default.htm Once you get to the linked page select: Base Model: Powermate Model Name: Powermate VT300I Cat...
by sparky
Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:40 pm
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: 120GB: A615601 V3.0R3 111098
Replies: 16
Views: 7032

NickS: I have tried to put the values for the HDD in manually, but have had no success. The startup still freezes. So what are my options then folks, to get the 120 GB working, and what is the chances of success. If I uniflash can I get a patch for my bios? If I Uniflash can someone give me an idea ...
by sparky
Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:46 pm
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: 120GB: A615601 V3.0R3 111098
Replies: 16
Views: 7032

I am using Win98 I was going to try and flash the bios but I can't seem to get it to work. I made a bootable floppy and extracted the BIOS file into the floppy. When I start the computer up with the bootable floppy in it goes to a black screen that says: Flash Memory Writer V7.83 M4 Flash Type- (Not...
by sparky
Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:53 pm
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: 120GB: A615601 V3.0R3 111098
Replies: 16
Views: 7032

I went onto the Hitachi site but when I try to dounload the data page for my HDD, it says that the page contains errors and won't load. I then thought I would disconnect my original HDD (9GB), and install my 120GB HDD (with 32GB jumper) as the master drive. I started the computer up with my startup ...
by sparky
Fri Jul 04, 2003 4:21 am
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: 120GB: A615601 V3.0R3 111098
Replies: 16
Views: 7032

The story so far

Ok. When I first intalled the hdd as slave, went into bios, and selected 'Detect new harddrive' or something like those words. The computer froze and would not do anything. I then had to switch it off and on again. It did not recognise the 120 GB HDD. I then changed the jumper setting on the hdd to ...
by sparky
Wed Jul 02, 2003 2:21 am
Forum: My hard drive isn't recognized
Topic: 120GB: A615601 V3.0R3 111098
Replies: 16
Views: 7032

120GB: A615601 V3.0R3 111098

Hi I'm looking to put the Hitachi Deskstar 120GB 180GXP hdd as a slave drive in my computer. The original drive is 9GB. Is it possible to use the 120 GB as a slave or would I have to replace it and use the one drive? Board: MC-6156BX VER1.0 String: A615601 V3.0R3 111098 The bios will not reconise th...