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Autodetect of WD Caviar HD on Gigabyte 6BX7 board

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First post, by fsinan

Posted on 2024-05-07, 19:43

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Autodetect of WD Caviar HD on Gigabyte 6BX7 board does not work. It detects it as 124GB, but it is 160GB.

Parameters on sticker is; LBA 312581808 160.0 GB.

How will I use these at bios?

System:1
Cyrix 5x86-120GP & X5-160ADZ
Lucky Star LS-486E
System:2
Intel DX4-WB & AMDDX4-120
PcChips M912 V1.7
System:3
AMD K6-2-475 & Cyrix 6x86MX PR-233
Asus P5A-B
System:4
UMC U5S-40
486UL-P101
System:5
P3 Coppermine 800EB
Gigabyte GA-6BX7

Reply 1 of 1, by rasz_pl

Posted on 2024-05-07, 20:48

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128GB is one of hdd size barriers, might need newer bios or bios patcher

https://github.com/raszpl/FIC-486-GAC-2-Cache-Module for AT&T Globalyst
https://github.com/raszpl/386RC-16 memory board
https://github.com/raszpl/440BX Reference Design adapted to Kicad
https://github.com/raszpl/Zenith_ZBIOS MFM-300 Monitor

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