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In article <0secq05ofqjlv2gspcppnt8fvm5601hehq@4ax.com>, K Steve
<homer@simpson.org> wrote:
> Steven Hilgendorf <stevenmhPLEASE@REMOVEwi.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >K Steve wrote:
> >> "MasterBlaster" <Nobody's.Home@My.Place> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"K Steve" wrote
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I have an old P2L97-S with an 18G SCSI. I just bought a WD 80G and I
> >>>>can't get it to work with the mb. Googling I came across info that
> >>>>implies that I need to use pflash to flash the BIOS with a file called
> >>>>10105.004 that I was able to find on the Asus site. But I can't find
> >>>>pflash.exe.
> >>>>
> >>>>Anybody know where I can get pflash.exe?
> >>>
> >>>ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/flash/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks, I downloaded and ran it but I get a ERROR UNKNOWN FLASH TYPE.
> >> So then I tried running AFLASH which I already had and it worked.
> >>
> >> BUT..... When I go into the BIOS and change the Primary IDE drive
> >> from NONE to anything the BIOS locks up and I am not able to use the
> >> keyboard to do anything else.
> >>
> >>
k_r_a_u_s_t_e_r_a_t_s_b_c_g_l_o_b_a_l_d_o_t_n_e_t__and_here_is_a_few_more_characters_to_break_the_spam_harvesters
> >
> >Is it possible you flashed with the wrong BIOS code/file? If so, find
> >the latest, correct, one here and try again:
> >
> >ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/BIOS/Slot_I/INTEL_Chipset/i440LX/
> >
> >Steven
>
> I flashed that file that is inside 1010s_04.zip, which is 1010s.004.
> That is the file that locked up the BIOS when I was trying to set the
> Primary IDE.
>
> I wonder what else I could be doing wrong? What else is part of the
> procedure when switching from one 18G SCSI hard drive and one SCSI CDR
> to one 80G IDE and the same SCSI CDR?
>
> I have removed the SCSI cable that goes to hard drive. I have put the
> IDE drive in (supplied power on the molex) and removed its jumper to
> make it a master. there are 3 IDE connectors on the IDE cable. I
> plugged one end of cable into Primary IDE on the mb. Plugged the
> middle connector on the cable to the drive and the end is the slave
> and isn't connected. (if I am wrong about this hookup I don't think
> it would crash the BIOS because it wasn't crashing it with earlier
> versions - which didn't work but didn't lock up the BIOS.)
>
> If I get to the point where I can manually config the Primary IDE
> settings I am still not sure what values to use for a few of the
> settings.
> Here is what Western Digital says about that drive:
>
> Cylinders = 16,383
> Number of Heads (Logical) = 16
> Number of Head (Physical) = 6
> Sectors Per Track = 63
> Formatted Capacity 80,026 MB
>
> How does that relate to the BIOS settings:
> CYLS
> HEAD
> PRECOMP
> LANDZ
> SECTOR
> MODE
>
>
> ??????
>
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I used to have a motherboard that did that. If I even thought about
going near the BIOS page with the drive info on it, I'd get an
instant freeze. All the other BIOS pages were fine.
You need a way to get the drives set to "Auto" and let the BIOS do
the work. If the BIOS isn't too ancient, it won't need manual assist
from the user, to get it working.
Write down all the BIOS settings on a piece of paper, so you can
restore them at some future time (like after changing a battery).
(The aflash221.zip download, has a file "cmos.exe", that claims
to be able to record BIOS settings to a text file. The
instructions are in German. I've never tried cmos.exe)
Then, try a "Load Setup Defaults", and perhaps that will change
the IDE drive settings to "Auto", in which case the BIOS picks the
most appropriate CHS settings for the size of disk. Then, you'll
have to verify the rest of the BIOS settings, and compare them
to the notes on your piece of paper.
I hope, by doing "Load Setup Defaults", you won't have to go
near the IDE settings to get it to work.
HTH,
Paul
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