New hard drive setup

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Thanks to HH and his FAQ posts. It convinced me to not try a Gigabyte BIOS
upgrade to my Presario 5460 to allow use of a new 80GB drive. I did have to
get a bigger power supply than the puny 95watt one which came with the
machine. I did go with an added PCI EIDE card and the install went well.
Thank you for setting me on the straight and narrow before making a big
mistake.

Bernie Carlton

 

[hh]

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Glad to help. Reading the FAQ is something everyone should do, but many do
not. It can prevent numerous headaches.
HH

"Bernard Carlton" <bcarlton6980@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks to HH and his FAQ posts. It convinced me to not try a Gigabyte BIOS
> upgrade to my Presario 5460 to allow use of a new 80GB drive. I did have
to
> get a bigger power supply than the puny 95watt one which came with the
> machine. I did go with an added PCI EIDE card and the install went well.
> Thank you for setting me on the straight and narrow before making a big
> mistake.
>
> Bernie Carlton
>
>

 

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>
>Glad to help. Reading the FAQ is something everyone should do, but many do
>not

Shame on me for wanting some of the credit--I was the one who suggested you
expand on that subject and advise folks on the significant risk they took in
BIOS flashes, particularly non-Compaq ones. Glad to see that combined we may
have well save at least one user from a dead PC.

Thanks, Dale

 

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True.
HH

"DEJ57" <dej57@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >Glad to help. Reading the FAQ is something everyone should do, but many
do
> >not
>
> Shame on me for wanting some of the credit--I was the one who suggested
you
> expand on that subject and advise folks on the significant risk they took
in
> BIOS flashes, particularly non-Compaq ones. Glad to see that combined we
may
> have well save at least one user from a dead PC.
>
> Thanks, Dale