On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:58:10 -0500, I waved a wand and this message
magically appears in front of ArarghMail804NOSPAM:
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:33:51 +0100, Alex Buell <spamtrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:11:29 -0500, I waved a wand and this message
> >magically appears in front of ArarghMail804NOSPAM:
> >
> >> >Sadly the P166's hardware has a limit of 32GB, not the entire
> >> >40GB. I
> >> Generally, that is a bios problem, not hardware.
> >
> >Wish I knew enough to patch the BIOS myself and flash it!
>
> Well, assuming a non-compressed bios, it would take me at least a
> month to get a good enough disassembly to risk those kind of patches.
> Compressed bios, I wouldn't even try. Unless I could get the
> necessary tools.
>
> Just curious, what motherboard?
It's an Abit I5 mobo, apparently.
> >> >tried to get it recognized but without jumpering for 32GB it
> >> >refused to be recognized. And there isn't a newer BIOS available
> >> >for the mainboard either...
> >
> >> Should have been recognized as an 8 gig, without the jumper.
> >
> >That's the odd thing, it just wouldn't!
> Maybe the bios was more FUBAR that usual. :-)
Or I could have just bought myself an add-in PCI IDE card with an up to
date BIOS on it. That would have solved my problems.
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