Failing that go to the Maxtor web site and down load Maxblast which is a
drive overlay and hard drive installation program that will put it in no
problem. (Just finished adding a maxtor to that exact motherboard actually).
There is one jumper on the hard drive that has to be moved as well. (other
than the master/slave on) that tells the software to go over the 4192 cyl.
boundary.

Dale Laluk
Lunar Technology Services
250-262-5051 phone 604-692-5792 fax

> I built a home computer a couple of years ago - a Pentium II 400Mhz.
> The motherboard is an Asus P2B-F - Bios Rev. 1009.A (03/04/99).
>
> I have a Quantum 7200 10 GB hard drive on the system, and have bought a
> Maxtor 7200 30 GB hard drive to install as a slave.
>
> My problem is that the BIOS won't auto-detect the new hard drive. It lists
> almost the correct size, but the number of cylinders and heads is way off.
> It seems to me that I need a BIOS update so that the BIOS will recognize
> the 30 GB Maxtor accurately.
>
> I know that there have been (at least) updates 1011, and 1012 but have
been
> unable to locate them.
>
> The Asus site doesn't show any BIOS updates for the P2B-F motherboard. I
> have searched the Net - no luck - even Driverguide did not help. Also many
> of the Asus web site addresses that I find give a "This page not found"
> message in IE 5.5
>
>
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