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40GB: 11/30/1998-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LETGAC-00
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 9:07 pm
by hazeki
i want to buy a 40 gb harddrive. how can i upgrade my bios?thanks in advance.
BIOS Date: 11/30/98
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 11/30/1998-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LETGAC-00
BIOS Eval: TRM-P5MVP3-A4-V1.10
Chipset: VIA 82C597 rev
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 9:27 pm
by NickS
Googlr search turns up
http://y2k.nstl.com/html/tekram_y2k_compliant.html which says it is Tekram P5MVP-A4
Latest BIOSes for that at
http://www.tekram.com/updates.asp?Product=P5MVP-A4 1.07 for 1 Mbit - will check for big HDD support if poss.
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 9:46 pm
by NickS
Both the 1.07 (1 MBit) and 1.15 (2 Mbit) BIOSes at
http://www.zdnet.de/treiber/man_prod/te ... os-wc.html should support HDD up to 64GiB. If your BIOS is 1.10, maybe you have a 2 Mbit BIOS ? Try using the save option on AWDFLASH to save your BIOS and check the size.
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 9:56 pm
by Rainbow
v1.10 should be 256KB BIOS. The latest one is:
06/16/2000-MVP-586B-W877-2A5LETGAC-00
TRM-P5MVP-V1.15
ftp://ftp.tekram.com/mainboards/P5MVPA4/p5mvp115.bin
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 12:31 pm
by Denniss
German Tekram site has 1.16Z Beta-Bios
"P5MVP-A4 > 32 GB HDD Support & CDROM Boot Fix"
http://www.tekram.de/download/beta/p5mvp-a4116.html
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 3:08 pm
by soupy
hazeki wrote:THANKS TO NICKS AND RAINBOW MY FIRST BIOSFLASHING WAS 100% SUCCESSFUL THANKS THANKS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL
PS TOMORROW I WILL BUY MY NEW HARDDRIVE!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 1:02 pm
by BiosMan
For compleness sake, I've just uploaded a patch J.3 BIOS for the Tekram P5MVP3-A4 (2Mb)/-B4 to my k6plus page. Apart from K6+ support, it has IDE HDD support upto 128GB.
Hazeki, you only need this BIOS if you want to use a drive greater than 64GB, so you can stay with the official V1.15 BIOS for now.
