acer travelmate 4001lci
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:33 pm
hi. i have this laptop here, with the harddisk newly upgraded to 160gb.
but when installing windows, it only recognizes 128gb. it is possible to mod/patch the bios to recognize the full capacity?
BIOS Type: Phoenix
BIOS Date: October 12th 2004
BIOS ID: Rev 1.0 XXX-None
BIOS OEM: 3A10
Chipset: Intel 3580 rev 2
SuperIO: Unknown
Manufacturer: Acer
Motherboard: TravelMate 4000
here's the download page http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/no ... _4000.html
and here's the link to the bios ftp://ftp.sas.ewi.utwente.nl/Outgoing/T ... 1E3A10.WPH (modded bios due to acpi issue. more on that here http://www.sas.el.utwente.nl/home/laans ... te4000.htm)
my system is using an ati mobility radeon 9700 just in case
but when installing windows, it only recognizes 128gb. it is possible to mod/patch the bios to recognize the full capacity?
BIOS Type: Phoenix
BIOS Date: October 12th 2004
BIOS ID: Rev 1.0 XXX-None
BIOS OEM: 3A10
Chipset: Intel 3580 rev 2
SuperIO: Unknown
Manufacturer: Acer
Motherboard: TravelMate 4000
here's the download page http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/no ... _4000.html
and here's the link to the bios ftp://ftp.sas.ewi.utwente.nl/Outgoing/T ... 1E3A10.WPH (modded bios due to acpi issue. more on that here http://www.sas.el.utwente.nl/home/laans ... te4000.htm)
my system is using an ati mobility radeon 9700 just in case