On Friday 15 November 2002 06:48 pm, Ian wrote:
> Got an annoying little problem with a 4-5 yr old PC running on an Asus
> P2L97 motherboard.
>
> I'm trying to (a): Update the BIOS and (b): Install a new 40G UATA Maxtor
> hard drive.
>
> When I coupled up the new HDD as a slave to the existing 2G drive, the PC
> wouldn't boot, and the BIOS wouldn't autodetect the drive.  Nor would it
> accept a description of the drive as 'Auto', 'None', or any combination of
> cylinders\heads\sectors etc.
>
> Figuring that the BIOS needed upgrading, I downloaded the latest version I
> could find ( a racy November 99 issue), along with a flash program.
>
> But when I attempted to flash the update, I was informed that the EEPROM
> wasn't of the flashable type, so, short of trying to obtain a new BIOS
> chip, I seem to be stuck with the current BIOS.
>
> I thought I might be able to install a BIOS overlay, but I don't see how I
> can get the overlay onto the new drive, if I can't get it to run - kind of
> a Catch22 situation.
>
> Ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Ian Porter
> Computer Guys Inc.
> Arrowtown
> New Zealand
> [log in to unmask]

Ian:
Maxtor's retail boxes include a floppy containing their MaxBlast utility
which should handle this. Got an OEM package? Minor problem. Download
MaxBlast from Maxtor's web site.

Best regards,
Carroll Grigsby

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