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60GB: 02/26/1999-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LEF09C-00

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2002 5:54 pm
by kropes
Hello....

I will be adding 60 Gb hard drive to a PC in very short order (I hope.)
I am curious to know if I will be able to run it with the set up I currently have..Bios, chipset, etc. If not, what will I need to get and how would I go about getting it?

Thank you in advance for your help!!!

Program: Unicore BIOS Wizard Version 1.8
Program: Unicore Chip Detect v0.72 2000.03.10
BIOS Date: 02/26/99
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.60PGA
BIOS ID: 02/26/1999-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LEF09C-00
BIOS Eval: Version 1.15JE35
Chipset: VIA 82C597 rev 4
Superio: Winbond 877TF (use 87h) rev 0 found at port 3F0h

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2002 7:14 pm
by NickS
First enquiry suggests FIC VA503+ mobo.
Check http://www.fica.com/site/html/services/BIOS.asp
Latest BIOS appears to be JE439_VA-503+_pcb12a.zip dated 23rd May 2000 which looks like everything is fixed including UDMA33/66 problem.

Re: Hard drive/BIOS compatibility

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2002 9:46 pm
by georgep
kropes wrote:Hello....

I will be adding 60 Gb hard drive to a PC in very short order (I hope.)
I am curious to know if I will be able to run it with the set up I currently have..Bios, chipset, etc. If not, what will I need to get and how would I go about getting it?
For the V503+ board, the latest beta BIOS (4333) can be obtained from ftp://ftp.fic.com.tw/bios/motherboards/socket7/va-503+/

The bin file is dated Jan 11 2001.

This supports HD's up to 40 GB according to the FAQ. However, more than likely it supports HD's up to 64 GB.

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2002 10:51 am
by NickS
NickS wrote:First enquiry suggests FIC VA503+ mobo.
Check http://www.fica.com/site/html/services/BIOS.asp
Latest BIOS appears to be JE439_VA-503+_pcb12a.zip dated 23rd May 2000 which looks like everything is fixed including UDMA33/66 problem.
No. I'm wrong. Your BIOS string indicates a Rev 1.1 PCB and the file listed above is for a rev 1.2 PCB.

GeorgeP's link lists a number of BIOSes; the one he suggests must be je433.zip which does have support for discs to 128Gb, according to Rainbow's utility.

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2002 5:27 pm
by Denniss
1.15JE indicates PCB 1.2A - PCB 1.1 would be 1.15JK
So no error in your previous post in this case.

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2002 10:56 pm
by kropes
Thanks you guys very much!!!