Re: P90 won't recognise more than 500MB

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From: Steve Cargill
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <816388484snx@trmphrst.demon.co.uk>
           nikki@trmphrst.demon.co.uk "Nikki Locke" writes:

> I have recently rebuilt a Pentium P90 - I took out the SCSI drives for use
> in a new machine, and replaced them with an 800MB IDE drive attached to 
> the motherboard controller. This is an early (last year) P90, _without_ a 
> Triton chipset, and with an AMI BIOS.

If it's got a WinBIOS then there will be an option to set LBA. Do this.
If it's an earlier BIOS, then it's unlikely and you'll need some
software ( ezdrive etc ).


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Steve Cargill
SteveC@bitmap-brothers.co.uk

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