120GB: 04/11/00-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LEPA9C-00
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 12:58 am
Problem:
I got a 120GB Western Digital Drive, and it causes my BIOS to lock up.
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Background:
I have an Epox motherboard. The printing on the board says EP-58 MVP3C-M (But I think maybe Epox just calls it an MVP3C).
BIOS agent says I have:
2A5LEPA9C
04/11/00
04/11/00-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LEPA9C-00
Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Winbond 877TF (use 87h) rev 0 found at port 3F0h
VIA 82C597 rev 4
04/11/00 For Apollo VP3 AGP/PCIset
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Questions:
1) Is there an BIOS update for my Motherboard that will work with the 120GB Western Digital Drive?
2) One thing is very confusing. I have a 60GB drive in the system now, and I thought the break points were 8, 32, and 127 GB. So, how is it that my 60GB drive works but the 120 wont?
3) Western Digital provides an "Alternate" jumper setting. With this setting the BIOS does not lock up. But, the Western Digital site says not to use the Alternate jumper settings with XP. I am currently using 98, but was planning to install XP when I get the drive working. If I can't use the alternate jumper setting with XP, and the BIOS locks up with the regular jumper setting, it seems that my only option is to find a BIOS update that works with the 120GB drive. Am I missing something?
4) I updated the BIOS with the current update that is available from the Epox web site (the BIOS agent information above is from after this update). Before running the update, the BIOS version was 4.51 and after running the update it is still 4.51. I followed the directions, the update ran and all, and it made a backup file of the old BIOS, so I assume it worked. Unfortunatly, the update is given a strange file name by Epox and no where in the text file does it say what version the update is. So, how do I know that the update actually did anything?
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Chris
I got a 120GB Western Digital Drive, and it causes my BIOS to lock up.
-----
Background:
I have an Epox motherboard. The printing on the board says EP-58 MVP3C-M (But I think maybe Epox just calls it an MVP3C).
BIOS agent says I have:
2A5LEPA9C
04/11/00
04/11/00-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LEPA9C-00
Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Winbond 877TF (use 87h) rev 0 found at port 3F0h
VIA 82C597 rev 4
04/11/00 For Apollo VP3 AGP/PCIset
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Questions:
1) Is there an BIOS update for my Motherboard that will work with the 120GB Western Digital Drive?
2) One thing is very confusing. I have a 60GB drive in the system now, and I thought the break points were 8, 32, and 127 GB. So, how is it that my 60GB drive works but the 120 wont?
3) Western Digital provides an "Alternate" jumper setting. With this setting the BIOS does not lock up. But, the Western Digital site says not to use the Alternate jumper settings with XP. I am currently using 98, but was planning to install XP when I get the drive working. If I can't use the alternate jumper setting with XP, and the BIOS locks up with the regular jumper setting, it seems that my only option is to find a BIOS update that works with the 120GB drive. Am I missing something?
4) I updated the BIOS with the current update that is available from the Epox web site (the BIOS agent information above is from after this update). Before running the update, the BIOS version was 4.51 and after running the update it is still 4.51. I followed the directions, the update ran and all, and it made a backup file of the old BIOS, so I assume it worked. Unfortunatly, the update is given a strange file name by Epox and no where in the text file does it say what version the update is. So, how do I know that the update actually did anything?
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Chris