Posted by Tushar (61.11.10.181) on September 12, 2001 at 07:31:22:
In Reply to: American Megatrends Ins Amibios (C)1996 Release 08/28/1997 S MB TX PRO CHIPSET 512K#f17a212005 posted by Aleksandyr Veselinov on June 10, 2001 at 02:18:31:
: : I've personally never tried it, but everything I've ever read states the flashing the BIOS to the 04/10/98 Release does allow larger than 8.4GB drive support.
: : Just remeber to save a backup of your original BIOS before you flash.
: : Another way to overcome this limitation is to use something like EZ-Drive to set up the drive. If you have a decent hard drive like a Maxtor or Western Digital and partition the drive using the setup software. This will allow larger support also, but you must partition the drive while it is connected to the M560 so that the software will add the BIOS override to the drive. This always works if you are starting with a fresh drive, but if you use these utilities to mirror and existing drive connected to that board, then you will be limited to 8.4GB.
: : I added a support section for the M560 tonight which includes all the BIOS files that PC Chips ever released for this board. You can download the latest BIOS below.
: : : Trying to use a 10gb hard drive on a old TxPro board. Would like to update
: : : BIOS in hopes that is will support the 10gb drive.
: : : The BIOS info:
: : : American Megatrends Inc. AMIBIOS (C) 1996
: : : Release 08/28/1997 S
: : : (c)
: : : 51-0505-001437-00111111-071595-m1531/43-001_10_TX_PRO-0
: : : This is a PcChips M560 motherboard.
: : : Thanks.