40GB: 06/04/2000-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KM2AC-00
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 3:15 am
As well as the id string in the subject I get the following info when I boot:
T16NB-T7-0604(TEST)
AWARD MODULAR BIOS v4.51PG
I think that my bios is the latest version as I was sent it by TMC a while ago. However, I recently bought a hard drive that is not recognized, a Western Digital WDC WD400BB-00CXA0.
I have only managed to use the new hard drive by installing EZ-BIOS which I got from WD's website. Unfortunately using this is driving me potty. A previously very stable MS Windows 95C system now falls over and locks up quite often, and will hardly ever shut down. A reset is now usually required just to power the machine down.
I have considered dumping the 40GB drive for a much smaller one that would be recognized, just so I can be rid of EZ-BIOS and return to normal, but having found this site I thought that I would ask if you had any better suggestions. Is this problem related to the 8.4GB limit or the 32GB problem that I have read a bit about here with the Award BIOS?
T16NB-T7-0604(TEST)
AWARD MODULAR BIOS v4.51PG
I think that my bios is the latest version as I was sent it by TMC a while ago. However, I recently bought a hard drive that is not recognized, a Western Digital WDC WD400BB-00CXA0.
I have only managed to use the new hard drive by installing EZ-BIOS which I got from WD's website. Unfortunately using this is driving me potty. A previously very stable MS Windows 95C system now falls over and locks up quite often, and will hardly ever shut down. A reset is now usually required just to power the machine down.
I have considered dumping the 40GB drive for a much smaller one that would be recognized, just so I can be rid of EZ-BIOS and return to normal, but having found this site I thought that I would ask if you had any better suggestions. Is this problem related to the 8.4GB limit or the 32GB problem that I have read a bit about here with the Award BIOS?