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ElJerid wrote:

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So finally I believe the bios was not able to recognize a HD
larger than 30 GB and unfortunately the motherboard manufacturer
(FastFame, mobo 3VAAV) does not exist any longer. And I was not
ready to pay for the download of a new bios when not sure it
should solve the problem.

Try MicroFirmware, at firmware.com. 800-767-5465 (US). They make
cards that plug in and install a modified HD bios only, leaving the
rest of you bios in place (in fact all of it, it is just bypassed
at boot). They make them in both PCI and ISA configurations, and
you will be able to use almost any size drive. Just a user.

--
Chuck F ) )
Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems.
http://cbfalconer.home.att.net USE worldnet address!

"CBFalconer" wrote in message
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ElJerid wrote:

... snip ...

So finally I believe the bios was not able to recognize a HD
larger than 30 GB and unfortunately the motherboard manufacturer
(FastFame, mobo 3VAAV) does not exist any longer. And I was not
ready to pay for the download of a new bios when not sure it
should solve the problem.

Try MicroFirmware, at firmware.com. 800-767-5465 (US). They make
cards that plug in and install a modified HD bios only, leaving the
rest of you bios in place (in fact all of it, it is just bypassed
at boot). They make them in both PCI and ISA configurations, and
you will be able to use almost any size drive. Just a user.


Thanks for the interesting tip, but I couldn't find www.firmware.com.
Is this the right name?

ElJerid wrote:
"CBFalconer" wrote in message
ElJerid wrote:

... snip ...

So finally I believe the bios was not able to recognize a HD
larger than 30 GB and unfortunately the motherboard manufacturer
(FastFame, mobo 3VAAV) does not exist any longer. And I was not
ready to pay for the download of a new bios when not sure it
should solve the problem.

Try MicroFirmware, at firmware.com. 800-767-5465 (US). They make
cards that plug in and install a modified HD bios only, leaving the
rest of you bios in place (in fact all of it, it is just bypassed
at boot). They make them in both PCI and ISA configurations, and
you will be able to use almost any size drive. Just a user.


Thanks for the interesting tip, but I couldn't find www.firmware.com.
Is this the right name?

Yes, AFAIK. They may have gone out of business. The 800 number
doesn't work from here either.

--
Chuck F ) )
Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems.
http://cbfalconer.home.att.net USE worldnet address!

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:25:19 GMT, "ElJerid"
wrote:


"CBFalconer" wrote in message
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ElJerid wrote:

... snip ...

So finally I believe the bios was not able to recognize a HD
larger than 30 GB and unfortunately the motherboard manufacturer
(FastFame, mobo 3VAAV) does not exist any longer. And I was not
ready to pay for the download of a new bios when not sure it
should solve the problem.

Try MicroFirmware, at firmware.com. 800-767-5465 (US). They make
cards that plug in and install a modified HD bios only, leaving the
rest of you bios in place (in fact all of it, it is just bypassed
at boot). They make them in both PCI and ISA configurations, and
you will be able to use almost any size drive. Just a user.


Thanks for the interesting tip, but I couldn't find www.firmware.com.
Is this the right name?


Because a board with such an old bios, isn't going to
support modern ATA speeds either, your best alternative is a
"full" drive controller card rather than one only having
bios extensions for the drive size.

They're quite common and affordable, for example a Promise
Ultra133, Ultra100, or one of th myriad generics for $20
like this,
http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/produc...-214&ATT=&CMP=

Of course with such a card you'll need feed XP a driver
floppy during installation.