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BIOS Manufacturer : American Megatrends
BIOS ID : 51-1016-001172-00111111-071595-82439HX-F
BIOS Date : 07/15/95
BIOS OEM Signon :
BIOS ROM Size : 128K
Chipset : Intel Triton 430HX rev 3
Super I/O Chip : SMC 669 rev 2 found at port 3F0h

Tried to install a 20gb hard drive and wont see beyond 8gb.

PC Manufacture - Modular
Single Board Computer - PC-104

More info:

On BIOS boot: Modular AX 5-98 - if that's any help

BIOS:

AMIBIOS HIFLEX Setup Utility - Version 1.07

Any compatable upgrades to this or floppy boot utility?

Anything in the BIOS is should check or maybe some jumper?

Chip - 28pin PLCC
AMIBIOS M207976

Please help me bypass this 8gb limit.

Thanks,

Net....

1172 in the ID string points to Giantec Inc.. Unfortunately, nothing appears in the archive for them before 2001.
At this age the BIOS did not have the Int 13h extensions and will not support HDDs larger than 8.4 GB without assistance. You should be able to find DDO (Dynamic Drive Overlay) software supplied by the manufacturer of your drive if you are planning to use Windows 95, 98 or ME, e.g. like MaxBlast for Maxtor.