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40GB: 03/11/1999-firestar-2A5UQC29C-00
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 1:43 am
by veronica
can anybody help me? i have an ams tech 2570cx same as the chicony mp983 and my bios cannot recognise the 40gig hd i just bought, i can probably use this laptop for a few more years if any one knows how to edit the bios so it will take this hard drive, right now it just hangs when i install the 40 gig drive. its an award bios.
thanks for your help.
veronica
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 2:04 am
by Rainbow
Please post BIOS ID and OEM ID strings.
Something like this:
V143D.BIN : 03/11/1999-FireStar-2A5UQC29C-00
256K V1.43D
chicony mp983 bios
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 11:33 am
by veronica
my bios is v136d.bin that one worked perfect but would not recognise the 40 gig hard drive.
i then switch to v143d found in orphan laptops, it still does not recognise the 40 gig hard drive and the display somehow moved 1/4 of an inch to the left, but its barely noticeable; other than that that bios works fine. i used the v145s and v146s both completely blankout the display and i had to remember the keys pressed under dos with awardflash in order to restore the old bios. so the bios versions ending with an s dont seem to work for me.
the other info shown in my display is 03/11/1999-firestar-2A5UQC29C-00
does anyone have a patch version of the v136d or v143d bios?
please help.
thanks
veronica
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 4:33 pm
by Rainbow
Patched BIOS sent.
hard drive not recognised under old bios
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 12:35 am
by veronica
thenks, the bios sent to me recognised the 40 gig hard drive no problem; thank you very very much for your help.
