Well.....there is a method in there, Rick.

You see, the customer really wanted a complete new rig but was a bit short
of the ready.  However, he had enough to cover a new hard drive and CD
writer.

So, rather than have his new drive cluttered up with a BIOS overlay that
would need to be dumped later, he's temporarily missing a few gigs of
storage space.

When he's ready, I'll pull out the HD and CDRW and build them into a new
system.

I thought it was a reasonable trade.

And yes, you're correct - no BIOS overlay, just a jumpered fabrication of
the truth.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Glazier" Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Can't boot 40Gb on Asus P2L97 mobo


> Sounds like you now have the Award BIOS bug of around 32-33G
> limitation....     Seven Gigs is a lot to give up...
>
> I'd get a cheap ATA controller card and go the distance...
>
> PS: As I read your message, there is NO BIOS overlay, but you had
> to lie to the BIOS anyway with the jumpers... (?)
>
>                              Rick Glazier

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