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Hard disk !!

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2002 3:38 pm
by baoan
i have an older machine with an intel PII 333
I'm trying to use a 4oGB Maxtor hard drive , but my computer didn't reconize it . Can anyone help ?
my bios's infomation :
- flash memory type : SST29EE010/5v
- flash memory size : 1M bit (00000 - 1FFFF)
- bios id : 09/17/98 i440EX - 2A69JQ1JC-00
- Award modular bios V4.51 PG
thank you

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2002 4:25 pm
by Rainbow
You need new BIOS. It's QDI ExcellenX V board. The latest BIOS is "01/06/99-i440EX-W977-2A69JQ1JC-00" at http://www.qdi.nl/download/bios/excellenx/E5_v13.zip It supports HDDs upto 32GB.
I'm developing a program that can fix 32GB bug in Award BIOSes. If you want to try a modified BIOS, I can send you the latest one modified - try it at your own risk.

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2002 4:12 am
by baoan
thank you Rainbow
please you send me the one modified

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2002 4:48 pm
by Rainbow
Just sent it. Please report me if it does work or does not.

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2002 8:28 pm
by Rainbow
Got an e-mail that it works!