On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 21:04:11 +0100, Alex Buell <spamtrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:58:10 -0500, I waved a wand and this message
>magically appears in front of ArarghMail804NOSPAM:
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>> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:33:51 +0100, Alex Buell <spamtrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
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>> >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?
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>It's an Abit I5 mobo, apparently.
Hmmm, closest on their site is IT5H or IT5V, and a large lack of
do***entation as to which bios does what. :-)
http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/bios/old.php
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>> >> >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.
Assuming it had a bios that would override the MB bios, yes.
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