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HDD not working w. PhoenixBIOS A486 Version 1.03 o.m. laptop
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2002 12:31 am
by steveish
Hi,
I have an old 468 DX2 laptop 66 Mhz with a 209,7 MG HDD. Unfortunate the BIOS dose not recognise the HDD anymore. It reports a fixed disk failure ( Invalid configuration information - Please run SETUP program ).
I tryed an upgrade to Version 1.03 ( recomended by a friend) but that dose not help at all. The label on the BIOS says Version 1.02 and the CHIP
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~ E9318
NM27C010VI50
Did I did the right thing ? and how can I get it back working.
The HDD is working fine in my other Laptop so it can not be the drive
it is a SÈGATE ST 9235AG.
cheers
Steveish
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2002 4:52 am
by soupy
Perhaps a dead battery lost the HDD setup information. For those older drives, you needed to specify it manually. Do you have the setup program?
468 DX2 Laptop 66 MHz HDD problem
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2002 6:58 pm
by steveish
I have the settings for the HDD but also the manual entry in the SETUP does not help the BIOS will not recognise the HDD.
985 CYL, 13 Heads, 32 Sect = 209,7 MB. I need to restore the old BIOS.
but thanks for the help
Steveish
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2002 9:04 pm
by Rainbow
27C010 should be EPROM, not software upgradeable!
I have two these drives (Seagate ST9235A) - they're both weird. When I connect any of them to secondary IDE channel on my MSI MS-5120 board, it does not work. When I set the primary master to none, the drive gets detected and works. I recommend to get another HDD. Or did it work before?
it worked before
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2002 11:49 pm
by steveish
Hi there,
thanks for the reply
I had no problems before and it works in my HP Omnibook fine, only if I put it back into my Compaq it just dont wanna work anymore. I Tryed a Conner HDD (60 MB) and that also wan't work in the compaq but in the HP Omnibook. (same BIOS 1.03)
Some thing is fuc.... up.... (sorry for the words) but I don't know what.
Any one who can help?
