Re: New Information -- Re: Answer (Re: Cylinder limits jumper for drivesover 32GB)

From: Daniel J Blueman (daniel.j.blueman@stud.umist.ac.uk)
Date: Sun Apr 02 2000 - 19:28:28 EST


Hi John,

[snip]
> I have a Maxtor 40G (54098U8) and an M748LMRT mainboard. My BIOS locks up
> on autodetecting the drive. I followed the instructions in the manual for
> the drive and manually set the recommended values (16383/16/63) that were
> printed on the drive. In the BIOS setup, it now says the drive is around
[snip]

Do you have the latest BIOS for your PC-Chips motherboard?

You can get it here if not:
http://www.pcchips.com/newbios2.html

It *may* fix your problems.

- Dan
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