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120GB: 02/08/1999-i440LX-MS7090S0C-00

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:38 pm
by bidon123zq
I'm trying to add a 120GB HDD (ST3120022A) on a MATSONIC MS7090S board. The drive works fine with the 32 GB jumper on.
I can't find any upgrade anywhere... help needed...

Here is the BIOS Agent output:

Program: esupport.com BIOS Agent Version 3.21
BIOS Date: 02/08/1999
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 02/08/1999-i440LX-MS7090S0C
OEM Signe-On: MS7090S Ver 1.3c 02/08/1999
Chipset: Intel 440EX/LX rev 3
Superio: Unknown
OS: WinXP
CPU: INTEL(R) CELERON(TM) 466 Mhz MAX 433 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 128 MB
Memory Maximum: 96 MB
Memory Slot 01: 64 MB
Memory Slot 02: 64 MB
Memory Slot 03: 0 MB

Help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 1:26 pm
by ajzchips
Latest "pure" Matsonic BIOS is here:
http://www.matsonic.com.tw/chi/update.htm#ms7090s

06/16/1999-i440EX-P6EXP-MeC-00
MS7090S 06/16/1999

Funny it has en ECS-style BIOS ID string....
Looks like the P6EXP-Me board...

....checking.....

http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/dw_spec. ... uct_id=249

Your BIOS release date is exactly the same as ECS's latest, so Matsonic's is more recent.

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 3:53 pm
by ajzchips
You'll find the patched version you need here:

http://wims.rainbow-software.org/ajz/

It's based on the latest available one at Matsonic's site. If you have trouble with it, we may try patching the ECS version which is your exact same release.

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:46 am
by bidon123zq
Thanks a lot for your help! The BIOS Patched version turned out to work perfectly, I only had a few problems with the OS, but nothing important.

Thank you again.

:D

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 6:35 pm
by ajzchips
Great. Could you please specify what kind of OS problems? Didn't have them before?

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 3:56 pm
by bidon123zq
At the first boot I simply couldn't use the disk manager to create partitions (I couldn't see the disk) and then the disk manager freezed. I restarted the computer and it was OK.
One more thing : I didn't take precaution when I removed the 32Gb jumper (I had declared my disk with it before and didn't remove it before restarting with a 120Gb disk), so the problem is perhaps no very significant ?...

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 4:06 pm
by ajzchips
If you leave the 32GB clip on and use the drive as 120GB, then the disk manager is still active.