BIOS Updates forum

i haven't mentionned the jumpers. The jumpers on the back is set to "master" and there is a jumper in place on top. I didn't mess with this because my BIOS was recognizing 80g.

I downloaded the Microsoft fix and reflashed my BIOS. Now, my BIOS recognizes an 80G drive, but MY COMPUTER and Explorer only see a little more than 10G. I read the link for the Seagate drive and it describes my problem completely. Their fix is to avoid FDISK and use their software. I know you disco...

Drive recognized. But auto-detect reads faulty parameters, or at least they don't correspond to Maxtor's specs. Only the size and sector seem to be correct, and I am unable to change them. When I run fdisk status, I get : "faulty parameters". I formatted and partitioned the drive with Maxtor's softw...

I have received your patch and successfully updated my BIOS! :D I am ever so grateful!! I doubt my expertise tops yours, but if you ever need help with Sonic Foundry audio products or sound software configs, DO NO HESITATE TO EMAIL!!! Now, lets see if I can load 98 se (XP sucks! I'm going back to 98...

I've just emailed you my saved bios. Subject: Fordddavis bios03/15/1999 i440ZX-W977EF-2A69KPWBC-00.
I hope you can patch it. Let me know if I should send it to somebody else instead.

hi,
sorry for the most likely dumb question, but how do I "save" my BIOS?

hi, Trying to replace my old IDE master drive with a 80gb maxtor. I have attempted to load Windows XP pro, from both cd-rom and floppy, but the boot hangs right after the "found: cd-rom..." I have tried every permutation of boot sequence, to no avail. My mainboard is a Micro ATX FORM FACTOR Pentium ...