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10/23/97-i430VX-W877-2A59GF2CC-00 :: 40 gig maxtor drive.
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:50 am
by stanna
hi, i have a p166mmx system, and want to install 2 x 40 maxtor drives, making it a nice linux server for my home.. but i am having some problems. first of all they wont detect as a master on either primary or secondary ide.. yet every 2 - 3 reboots it will detect on the slave.. so i cannot install anything on them. anyone know of a work around or a bios upgrade for this to get it all working?
thanks.
any more info i will gladly provide it..
-stanna
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:13 am
by ajzchips
On the very same page you found "10/23/97-i430VX-W877-2A59GF2CC-00", can you please post the OEM ID string? It's a bit further up.
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:44 am
by stanna
hi, sorry about the delayed reply.. as for the 'OEM ID' string, im not sure where that is... only other numbers of use i could find are
Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
P5F76 PCI GREEN BIOS
Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0a
then the hdd detection stuff
then the number i posted in the previous post
i hope that may be of some help. i would love to get the bigger hdds in if possible!
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:10 am
by KURIAKI
Freetech Flexus P5F76.
You have the latest official BIOS.
I have a beta BIOS only:
(2a59gf2c)
08/31/1999-i430VX-W877-2A59GF2CC-00
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:47 am
by stanna
what are the chances of that destroying the mb and making useless? will it work with my hdd + motherboard?
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:06 am
by ajzchips
The risk would be solely yours.
You can either try a patched version of the official release or of the beta...