| Subject: Re: VibrantLS 12Gig HardDrive Recognized As Only 8Gig |
Author:
Don Boling
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Date Posted: 07:25:28 04/05/00 Wed
In reply to:
Ken
's message, "Re: VibrantLS 12Gig HardDrive Recognized As Only 8Gig" on 00:10:57 04/05/00 Wed
Thanks Ken,
Mine says "S2BUILD DATE:1998/05/15 19:59:12"
Don
> During power up, look for the Build Date. This is the
> actual date the BIOS code was written. Do not pay any
> attention to the Copyright date. If you have an old
> BIOS, ASE will upgrade it to the most current, which
> is probably about a year or so, old.
>
> > Thanks for the info ...
> >
> > The BIOS on my Vivante SE says
> > SystemSoft BIOS for Intel 440BX version 1.01
> > (2482-00)
> > Copyright 1983-1996
> >
> > Two years earlier ... thats what leads me to beleive
> > there is another BIOS out there for the Vivante.
> >
> > anyone know of an upgrade aside from sending it to
> ASE?
> >
> > I sent them an email for info but have not heard back
> > yet.
> >
> > Don
> >
> >
> > > I don't know whether this applies to the Vibrant or
> > to
> > > Vivante only, but FWIW I recall there was a post
> here
> > > a few months back where someone noticed ASE had
> > > upgraded their BIOS for them, when they sent their
> > > Transmonde in for repair. It was after Transmonde
> > went
> > > out of business.
> > >
> > > The BIOS on my Vivante says
> > > SystemSoft BIOS for Intel 440BX version 1.01
> > (2482-00)
> > > Copyright 1983-1998
> > > and it has no trouble at all with an 18-gig drive.
> > The
> > > CMOS setup screen reports the full size of the
> drive.
> > >
> > > _gARRETT
> > >
> > > > The copyright date is when the BIOS code was
> > written
> > > > (or copyrighted). During power up, you should
> see
> > a
> > > > date (ie 5/14/99 or similar) which is the actual
> > date
> > > > when the specific code for that particular
> computer
> > > > was written. The 6GB was the largest size
> > available
> > > > in the 9.5mm form factor a year ago. Since they
> no
> > > > longer offer notebook computers, I would suspect
> > they
> > > > no longer employee a BIOS engineer. You cannot
> > use a
> > > > "generic" BIOS and expect everything to continue
> to
> > > > work properly. Your best bet would be to return
> > the
> > > > 12GB and stay with a 8GB or smaller. This is
> just
> > an
> > > > unfortunate limitation of the way the BIOS was
> > > written.
> > > >
> > > > > Same here ... I just got a 12 gig Hitachi and I
> > > have
> > > > > the same problem... in a earlier post they
> talked
> > > > > about the BIOS version... specifically
> copywright
> > > > > dates of 1993-1998 ... mine is 1993-1996..
> > > > >
> > > > > I am going to try to find a flash upgrade for
> it
> > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > Don
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > I bought a new 12 gig Hitachi hard drive. It
> is
> > > > > > displayed
> > > > > > as only 8 gigs in cmos setup and fdisk. My
> bios
> > > > date
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > Jan 99. Has anybody installed a new hard
> drive
> > in
> > > > > > their
> > > > > > Vibrant LS?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > jb
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