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More info?)
Shiva wrote:
> Conor wrote:
>
>>In article <cr9erj$1f9$1@reader13.wxs.nl>, Shiva says...
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I've just bought a new harddrive. Unfortunately, it is not
>>>detected by the motherboard. The PC displays the message 'Detecting
>>>IDE Primary-master' and then it hangs.
>>>I made sure all the jumpers are set correctly (the new drive is the
>>>master, my old drive is the slave).
>>>Here is some more info:
>>>
>>>- motherboard P6SET-ML. This is an old motherboard, perhaps that's
>>>the cause of this problem. The processor is an Intel Celeron 600 Mhz
>>>- The new drive, set as a master drive, is a Samsung Datalux 80 Gb
>>>
>>>Any idea's?
>>>
>>
>>Your motherboard doesn't support a HDD of that capacity. If you cannot
>>find a BIOS update for the motherboard you'll need to go to the HDD
>>manufacturers website and get the software for that HDD. It'll put on
>>drive onverlay software which overcomes a BIOS HDD size limit.
>
>
> Thanks for your reply. I've found this website:
>
>
http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/p6set_ml.html
>
> and yes, my bios version 1.0, is not up-to-date. I haven't done a bios
> upgrade before, so what is it I have to do now? (I don't want to experiment
> cuz I don't want to mess my bios up!)
>
> I think I have to:
> - download the Flash Award utility
This is the executable.
> - download version 1.2h of the bios that supports harddrives larger than 64
> Gb. It strikes me that this is an executable.
No, that is the flash file (.bin or whatever).
According to the Flash Award
> utility, described on this page
>
http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/flashAward.html , I have to enter the name
> of a .bin file. But I only have an executable. The only thing I can make up
> is that the executable is an self-extracting archive, iow that it contains
> the .bin file. Am I right about this? Sorry, I hate trial-and-error in this
> case, so I don't wanna start the executable and see what happens.
Chances are neither is self-extracting. Just unzip them to a good, known
tested floppy that you create with Dr.Dos
http://download.sudhian.com/faq/kt7/downloads/Misc/drdflash.exe
Using this boot disk to minimize running low on memory (just for flashing)
>
> And how do make a copy of your original bios?
When you get in the flash utility it will ask you if you want to save
it. Say yes, and remember what you name it.
>
> Any comment on this is very much appreciated!
Don't flash during a rainstorm or windstorm. If you loose power during
the flash it could ruin your whole day. Reset your bios before rebooting.
>
>
But I get your point..
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