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Intel Premiere /PCI Baby-AT board & Expandable Desktop

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First post, by egbertjan

Posted on 2025-08-31, 17:13

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I have the above mentioned board tested, it looks to me a very good board. I had to replace the Dallas device, which was very succesfull.
The only problem left is how to connect a larger (>528 MB) hard disk. Does anybody know about this problem and is there a solution for that, p.e. with a BIOS-update. On the picture you see which BIOS-version is used.
Is there perhaps an update available?

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Reply 1 of 6, by Babasha

Posted on 2025-08-31, 17:15

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Just update it to Mr.BIOS 3.xx

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Reply 2 of 6, by egbertjan

Posted on 2025-08-31, 20:44

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I have been looking for an update by Mr.BIOS for this board, but I couldn't find it. Do you or anyone else know where to look?

Reply 3 of 6, by egbertjan

Posted on 2025-08-31, 21:53

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I found newer BIOS versions for my motherboard on this site https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/intel- … -s-revenge#bios. Unfortunately, after flashing the latest BIOS, I still couldn't use drives larger than 504MB. Perhaps Mr.BIOS 3.xx supports larger hard drives for my motherboard, but unfortunately, I couldn't find this BIOS for my motherboard. Can anyone help me with this?

Reply 4 of 6, by TheMobRules

Posted on 2025-09-01, 01:03

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What BIOS version are you using? Latest versions of the Batman's Revenge BIOS should support LBA. This is straight from the manual, page 8:

PCI TO IDE INTERFACE CIRCUIT […]
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PCI TO IDE INTERFACE CIRCUIT

An onboard PCI to IDE interface is provided by the PCTech RZ1000 component and a specially-tuned
system BIOS, which is fully compatible with existing IDE software. The RZ1000 provides a 32-bit
buffered interface to two IDE drives, allowing these drives to be accessed at full PCI bandwidth. The
component also supports Enhanced IDE Mode 3 timing, allowing the drive to transfer data at its full
bandwidth. The system BIOS provides transparent access to these features, as well as support for
Logical Block Addressing (LBA) which allows the use of drives larger than 528 MB. The PCI IDE
interface functions as the primary interface using Interrupt 14. A sdecondary IDE interface (IRQ15) is
provided by the SMC 37C665 I/O controller.

Reply 5 of 6, by egbertjan

Posted on 2025-09-01, 08:23

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I'm using BIOS version 1.00.13. AF2 is the latest I could find. What settings should I set to make my hard drive larger than 528 MB?

Reply 6 of 6, by Babasha

Posted on 2025-09-01, 14:00

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egbertjan wrote on 2025-08-31, 21:53:

I found newer BIOS versions for my motherboard on this site https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/intel- … -s-revenge#bios. Unfortunately, after flashing the latest BIOS, I still couldn't use drives larger than 504MB. Perhaps Mr.BIOS 3.xx supports larger hard drives for my motherboard, but unfortunately, I couldn't find this BIOS for my motherboard. Can anyone help me with this?

Sorry, its my mistake - there is no MR.BIOS for Premiere series (430NX based)

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