Re: ABIT BX6 not detecting hard drive

Posted on 2018-06-14, 15:10

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by gladders

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Oh, for the love of...MY HARD DRIVE GOT CORRUPTED!!! Everything was going great until I updated the BIOS, then windows complained about some I/O file being weird so I went for a fresh install, and then it says scan disk wants to check everything, scan disk says it's ok, but now Setup refuses to …

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Re: Flashing my BIOS

Posted on 2018-06-14, 08:34

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by gladders

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Thanks, is it safe to do so using the C drive for the files?

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Flashing my BIOS

Posted on 2018-06-14, 08:15

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by gladders

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Hi all, I'm on the cusp of psyching myself up to get into flashing my ABIT BX6's BIOS, as it's not the most up to date. I'm confused, though. I found the files here: http://soggi.org/motherboards/abit/BX6.htm , and it recommends: For flashing the BIOS use awdflash 8.99 (DOS), AwardBIOS Winflash 1.94 …

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Re: ABIT BX6 not detecting hard drive

Posted on 2018-06-13, 20:49

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by gladders

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Thanks for the tip, I'll keep it in mind. Do you think that's why it suddenly started working? I'm baffled as to why it just refused to see my 40GB hard disk. I'm wasting a 200GB hard disk on this infernal machine. What gives?

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Re: ABIT BX6 not detecting hard drive

Posted on 2018-06-13, 20:27

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by gladders

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Well, I dunno what i did, but it suddenly decides to work?? Computers, eh. Installing windows 98 now. Once that's done I'll get on with flashing the bios.

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Re: ABIT BX6 not detecting hard drive

Posted on 2018-06-13, 16:35

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by gladders

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Ok. I'm pretty sure it's not the IDE cable now. I swapped out the 40GB WD for a 200GB Seagate Barracuda, and using the detect HDD facility in the BIOS it detected the drive, but only as 8.5GB. However it then gets stuck booting on the 'Verifying DMA pool data' stage. Just sits there. I fiddled with …

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Re: ABIT BX6 not detecting hard drive

Posted on 2018-06-13, 12:44

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by gladders

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I wonder, could IDE cables mess up hard drives? I ask because I think the cable I'm using for the optical drives has killed two hard drives...

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Re: ABIT BX6 not detecting hard drive

Posted on 2018-06-13, 07:16

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by gladders

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So the optical drive(s) at IDE2 do get detected? Not initially, but if I manually put in the cylinders, heads etc for the drive into th BIOS, it skips primary detection and finds the optical drives. HDD still not visible though. I would check the IDE1 cable first. Is pin1 connected to pin1? If the …

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Re: ABIT BX6 not detecting hard drive

Posted on 2018-06-13, 07:11

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by gladders

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SW-SSG wrote: gladders wrote: ... Western Digital HDD ... Is it set to "single or master" mode? wdsingle.png Yep.

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Re: ABIT BX6 not detecting hard drive

Posted on 2018-06-13, 07:11

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by gladders

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Repo Man11 wrote: Could it be that a 40 gig is too large for the BIOS? Seems possible if it has never had a BIOS update, though I'm sure if it has the last BIOS that ought to support a 40 gig drive. From what I've read it should be able to handle 40GB easily.

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ABIT BX6 not detecting hard drive

Posted on 2018-06-12, 21:48

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by gladders

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I got this new motherboard today (revision 1). I've loaded it up with 512MB RAM and a Pentium III 450MHz, but I can't get it to detect the hard drive. iDE 1 has a single 40GB Western Digital HDD on it, and IDE 2 has the DVD drives. I've looked in the BIOS and nothing obvious stands out. The auto- …

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Contraption Zack DOS HERDMEM error

Posted on 2018-06-11, 15:03

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by gladders

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Hi all, Trying to get an old 286 game from my childhood running called Contraption Zack. System: Pentium 4 on Epox board Windows 98 512 MB RAM Soundblaster Live NVidia GeForce4 MX 460 But when I launch it, whether in Windows or DOS, I get the following error: HERDMEM.C : 679: HERD_SICK = [9] Room …

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Contraption Zack herdmem error

Posted on 2018-06-10, 22:04

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by gladders

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Hi all, Trying to get an old 286 game from my childhood running called Contraption Zack. System: Pentium 4 on Epox board Windows 98 512 MB RAM Soundblaster Live NVidia GeForce4 MX 460 But when I launch it, whether in Windows or DOS, I get the following error: HERDMEM.C : 679: HERD_SICK = [9] Room …

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Re: Ideal 'steps' for old Windows compatibility

Posted on 2018-06-09, 17:53

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by gladders

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Ah ok, I'll consider an XP machine then. What would be a high end CPU good for XP?

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Ideal 'steps' for old Windows compatibility

Posted on 2018-06-09, 15:38

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by gladders

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Hi all, This has probably been answered a dozen times but I couldn't see any obvious threads... Assuming I get my PC off the ground for a decent Windows 98 machine, what would be the next ideal machine for compatibility for 2000s games and software? From what I gather, Windows 7 is an optimal OS as …

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Re: Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 460 Windows Protection Fault

Posted on 2018-06-07, 17:41

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by gladders

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Thanks weldum, Phil had the right drivers, it seems to be working now! Haven't installed a game yet though... Will get on with getting the Soundblaster to work now.

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Re: Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 460 Windows Protection Fault

Posted on 2018-06-07, 13:17

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by gladders

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Which motherboard is? epox ep-4pda3i well the soundblaster problem can be a problem with DMA transfer, that's pretty common with post Pentium 3 machines with ISA, other problem can be the lack of the -5v line on the slot/psu, these two are right assuming yours is an ISA card i would try to lower …

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Re: Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 460 Windows Protection Fault

Posted on 2018-06-06, 21:47

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by gladders

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512, I'm aware of the ram limit. I notice the computer can't even see the Soundblaster. But focussing on getting the GeForce to work first. Annoying that I can't delete the drivers at all!

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Re: Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 460 Windows Protection Fault

Posted on 2018-06-06, 20:19

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by gladders

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I only have this machine. It's the first computer I've ever built myself, so it's a learning process. It's a P4 mobo, with the only other card being a Soundblaster Live in a PCI slot.

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Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 460 Windows Protection Fault

Posted on 2018-06-06, 16:33

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by gladders

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Hi all, sorry, it's one thing after another with me. Got my P4 to install and boot windows. Installed drivers for the 460 (77.71 or something I believe), the last compatible with 98) and now I get a protection error on boot. In safe mode, I remove the driver, but now 98 detects the card on boot, …

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