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Award Bios Update by Jan Steunebrink
Hi All, Yes, this is the infamous Award BIOS 32GB limit bug. All 05/1999 and earlier Award BIOSes have this limit. I can send you a patched M5ATA BIOS where this limit is fixed. Please send me an e-mail so I know where to send it to. When the patched BIOS is tested, I will make it avaliable...
July 2nd 03 04:33 PM
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200Gb drive under WinXP Pro - do I need any special drivers/patches by Ian Roberts
Hi I'm thinking of upgrading to a 200Gb (8mb buffer) Western Digital drive. Is there any special preparation I need to do in Win XP Pro before fitting it to cope with such a large drive. The mobo is a new MSI K7N2.
July 2nd 03 07:09 PM
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TWO Promise Cards by DrSardonic
I have 4 hard drives attached to a Promise PCI card: A couple of 120 WD's, an 80 Maxtor, and a new WD 200. On the ATA I have a 100 WD and for the boot drive a 40 WD. The other ATA spaces went for a cd writer and a DVD drive. Can I put in another Promise card with a couple of drives?
July 2nd 03 07:24 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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suppliers of some odd bits? (UK) by Piercarlo Grandi
I have just bought used a P4 Socket 423 motherboard, which came without the fan clips; it has the retention brackets (the plasticy bits). I'd like to find any (UK preferably) place that sells either: * the clips only; * a whole socket 423 fan assembly (plastic bits and clips); * a heatsink and...
July 2nd 03 08:47 PM
by Piercarlo Grandi Go to last post
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smartdisk question by hammer
is smartdisk accurate in telling me of pending drive faluire? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!"
July 2nd 03 08:52 PM
by hammer Go to last post
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Why Maxtor 160GB is only 131069MB? by cpliu
From Partition Magic, I can see Western Digial 120GB = 114470MB Iomega 120GB = 117796MB Maxtor 160GB = 131069MB I don't understand how they calculate the size but it should be only called like 145GB than 160GB. No matter you divide it by 1024 or 1000, Maxtor exaggerates their size
July 2nd 03 10:57 PM
by cpliu Go to last post
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Maxtor HDD doesn't want to talk with me... by Rod Speed
Piotr ne wrote in message ... today at 10:23 GMT my 17 month old Maxtor drive (Maxtor D540-4K 60GB) suddenly stopped. I have been reading mail, there was no special HDD activity (or even no activity at all). And at 10:23 there was...
July 3rd 03 12:03 AM
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Raid Question by Nocturnal
I have a raid card installed in my system, Now, I want to add 2 hard drives to it, but I don't want them in any configuration, I want to use them as 2 seperate drives (as if they were on a primary or seconday interface). Can this be done, or do I have to have some sort of striping in...
July 3rd 03 01:43 AM
by Nocturnal Go to last post
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HELP: Can't see 52GB on my new IBM 180GB Hard drive by Diana
I bought IBM Deskstar 180GXP hard drive and installed it as a slave drive. I finished formatting the new drive using Disk Management tool (Windows XP). Here, I can only see 128 GB of space instead of the 180 GB. I don't understand whats going on... When I ran IBM drive fitness tests, it showed 180...
July 3rd 03 02:14 AM
by Andy Go to last post
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More Questions by J.Clarke
On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 08:47:51 +0800 "Nocturnal" nocturnally SpAm sPaM @iprimus.com.au wrote: what is the issue with HDD noise??? My fans drown out any other noise. Is there any descent HDD coolers around??? What is the life expectancy of a HDD??? I have 3 currently running :
July 3rd 03 02:16 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Lost CMOS drive geometry settings.... by Bob Howell
Isnt it on the drive? and if not on the drive look at the tech sheet for the drive on the manufacturers website. "David Whitney" wrote in message ... Hi, all...quick question...
July 3rd 03 08:32 AM
by Zvi Netiv Go to last post
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what is precomp in a HD ? how can I find it or calculate it ? by Mario
Hello, I need the precomp for a samsung HD model SV0432A which on its label says: cyl 8912 HD 15 SEC 63 Size 4.3GB
July 3rd 03 08:35 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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2.5" drives - how different to 3.5"? by Rod Speed
Li'l ol' me wrote in message ... I'm trying out a load of untested 2.5" drives, something I am totally unfamiliar with. Although they are not radically different looking to 3.5" HDs, I am a little confused by some...
July 3rd 03 06:24 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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4.3GB HD detected as 2GB by Erik Jälevik
I'm trying to get an oldish system up and running to put Linux on and am having some problems with the HD detection. It's a Fujitsu MPC3043AT 4.3GB drive and the Award BIOS dated 10/13/1998 detects it as 2112MB when left on Auto. I didn't think a BIOS with this date would have the 2GB limit so I...
July 3rd 03 06:31 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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hardware compression for VXA-2 tape drive by Lynn McGuire
Does hardware compression work for anyone on the Exabyte VXA-2 tape drive ? I am using the internal VXA-2 tape drive on a Windows XP Pro PC with the Veritas Backup Exec software (version 4.5). Thanks, Lynn
July 3rd 03 06:35 PM
by Lynn McGuire Go to last post
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Fdisk trashed both FATs, any way to recreate a single good? (Rich text) by Folkert Rienstra
How does one tell a long story short? Oh well, Fdisk wrote a whole bunch of F6 sectors all over the 2 FATs of my E: partition (every 6 and 57 sectors) after I found that Fdisk didn't show E: (but windows and DOS do) and I thought: let's see if it thinks that it's free space or else occupied, can't...
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July 3rd 03 10:11 PM
by Svend Olaf Mikkelsen Go to last post
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Harddrive recovery by Jethro
Hello everyone, First of all, I don't know if I am in the right group here, someone else pointed me in this direction. I have a problem with one of my harddrives which I will try to explain he I have 2 harddrives in my pc 1 is the system harddrive on which my OS (win2k) is installed. The...
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July 3rd 03 10:28 PM
by Jethro Go to last post
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Western Digital or Maxtor? by mbarbet
Hi! I am shopping for an 80GB hard drive but could not decide between Western Digital WD800JB and Maxtor 6Y080P0. Both have 8MB cache and cost about the same. Which one is quieter and cooler? Are there any other brands/models should I consider to? Any suggestions are greatly...
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July 3rd 03 10:48 PM
by Ed Light Go to last post
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Search Google for 'weapons of mass destruction' .... by Joep
enter phrase 'weapons of mass destruction' click I'm feeling lucky ... -- Joep
July 3rd 03 11:04 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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OEM drives? How silent are 2.5" hardisks? by Doru-Catalin Togea
Hi! When I bought my laptop (Toshiba) two and a half years ago, it had a 6GB hardisk which could be heard all the time while it (the hardisk) was on. I then replaced it with a 20GB hardisk, an IBM I think, which is almost completly silent. You must really concentrate in order to hear...
July 3rd 03 11:49 PM
by MiniDisc_2k2 Go to last post
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