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AWARD BIOS and big disks support
Hi,
I'm having a problem quite common around here, as I can read, regarding the support of BIG hard drives on good old motherboards. I have a Jamicon (Kaimei) KM-T5-T1 board with INTEL TRITON TX REV. 1.6 chipset, and I wonder if there is anyone here that can help me in finding a new BIOS that supports 80 GB drives. The actual BIOS is an AWARD Bios with this identification string : 08/27/97-I430TX-ALI513X-2A59IK19 I spent a lot of time Googling around but the only reference I found was a site where the BIOS upgrade are delivered paying something like 25 US$ ... Thanks to all who can help. Nexus6 (Italy) |
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:38:35 GMT, Nexus6
wrote: KM-T5-T1 Well here is one that is close http://www.bios-drivers.com/drivers/76/76684.htm Looks as though it is for your motherboard. I have a GVC DR736 motherboard in my Sony VAIO that I can't find a bios for. Sony no longer supports it. |
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:17:48 GMT, wrote:
On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:38:35 GMT, Nexus6 wrote: KM-T5-T1 Well here is one that is close http://www.bios-drivers.com/drivers/76/76684.htm Looks as though it is for your motherboard. I have a GVC DR736 motherboard in my Sony VAIO that I can't find a bios for. Sony no longer supports it. PS You should probably run the Bios unicore bios wizard on your old BIOS before you start. http://www.wimsbios.com/ This gives a nice report of your current bios capabilities. BIOS CAPABILITIES TEST REPORT =============================== Generated by: BIOS Wizard 2.10 Date: December 03, 2003 Time: PnP Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.0 PCI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 2.1 PCI IRQ Routing Table : BIOS currently supports this feature Enhanced Disk Drive Specification BIOS currently supports this feature DMI Version : BIOS supports min version 2.1. Latest is version 2.3 ACPI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.0 APM Version : APM BIOS not installed. It has been replaced by ACPI Booting From CD-ROM : BIOS currently supports this feature Supports ESCD : BIOS currently supports this feature Can be Updated (flashed) : BIOS currently supports this feature Can be Shadowed : BIOS currently supports this feature BIOS Chip in Socket : BIOS currently supports this feature Supports Selective Booting : BIOS currently supports this feature Supports LS-120 Booting : BIOS doesn't support this feature Supports ZIP Booting : BIOS doesn't support this feature Supports Network Booting : The testing of this feature is not supported by the current DMI version BIOS Manufacturer : PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0.2W BIOS ID : Unknown BIOS Date : 09/25/98 BIOS OEM Signon : BIOS ROM Size : 256K Chipset : Intel 440BX/ZX rev 2 Super I/O Chip : SMC 70x or 80x found at port 370h |
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Nexus6 wrote:
Hi, I'm having a problem quite common around here, as I can read, regarding the support of BIG hard drives on good old motherboards. I have a Jamicon (Kaimei) KM-T5-T1 board with INTEL TRITON TX REV. 1.6 chipset, and I wonder if there is anyone here that can help me in finding a new BIOS that supports 80 GB drives. The actual BIOS is an AWARD Bios with this identification string : 08/27/97-I430TX-ALI513X-2A59IK19 I spent a lot of time Googling around but the only reference I found was a site where the BIOS upgrade are delivered paying something like 25 US$ ... Thanks to all who can help. Nexus6 (Italy) If you can't find a suitable BIOS upgrade OnTrack Disk Manager (http://www.ontrack.com/diskmanager/) will enable your computer to use the entire disk. If you don't feel like spending $US60.00 on the software, many disk manufacturers have a free copy on their web site which will only work with their disks. |
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On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:19:35 GMT, Nexus6
wrote: wrote: On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:17:48 GMT, wrote: On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:38:35 GMT, Nexus6 wrote: KM-T5-T1 Well here is one that is close http://www.bios-drivers.com/drivers/76/76684.htm Looks as though it is for your motherboard. Unfortunately NOT. This BIOS is working on Jamicon (Kaimei)KM-T5-T1 i430TX-W977TF-2A59IK1CC-00 main board , but mine is a I430TX-ALI513X-2A59IK19 and when I tried to flash it on, I have a warning that says it would not work. I tried anyway, after having backed up my old BIOS image, and the board was almost screwed up (no boot device recognized....) I restored back to 1.6 Thanks anyway ! I assume you entered setup after the bios install and either took the defaults or found the page with the controller information. You running a pci card controller? |
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If you can't find a suitable BIOS upgrade OnTrack Disk Manager (http://www.ontrack.com/diskmanager/) will enable your computer to use the entire disk. If you don't feel like spending $US60.00 on the software, many disk manufacturers have a free copy on their web site which will only work with their disks. Great ! I downloaded a free copy from my disk manufacturer (SAMSUNG) and it works ! Thanks a lot. |
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