I'm not at all smart when it comes to technical matters. I'm totally confused when I read about "flashing" the BIOS, etc. Maybe someone can help..
Murphy heard me when I said I'd restored my old no-name IBM clone. As soon as he did, it went bonkers when I tried to load applications.
So, I pulled out an old IBM Aptiva Model 2144 A14 and tried to install a 30G Maxtor (I need a dependable machine to run Windows 98SE).
When I boot from a Win98 floppy startup disc and go into Setup, the 30G hard drive is there and I'm able to run FDISK. The problem is that it only "sees" 512 Mb.
The machine had a 1.2G hard drive before I destroyed it by inserting a "bad" Ethernet card so I know the machine is capable of running drives with a higher capacity than 512 Mb.
I've tried re-setting the BIOS to factory defaults, but that doesn't do anything.
What I see when I go into Setup is BIOS version BG2US0J, BIOS Date 03/06/96.
Under the first hard drive (the only one installed), I see Size 4160 MB; Local Bus IDE Mode - Compatible; Read Prefetch - Disabled; Disc Bios Translation - Disabled; Parameter Table Type - Enhanced.
If I try changing any of those settings, the drive isn't "seen."
Now the question(s).
No doubt I need to "upgrade" the BIOS. If so, where do I get whatever is needed to do so, and how do I do it?
I believe the machine is OK, even if it's old, and I hate to throw it away if I can get it going again and install a large enough had drive to make it practical..
Thanks.
Murphy heard me when I said I'd restored my old no-name IBM clone. As soon as he did, it went bonkers when I tried to load applications.
So, I pulled out an old IBM Aptiva Model 2144 A14 and tried to install a 30G Maxtor (I need a dependable machine to run Windows 98SE).
When I boot from a Win98 floppy startup disc and go into Setup, the 30G hard drive is there and I'm able to run FDISK. The problem is that it only "sees" 512 Mb.
The machine had a 1.2G hard drive before I destroyed it by inserting a "bad" Ethernet card so I know the machine is capable of running drives with a higher capacity than 512 Mb.
I've tried re-setting the BIOS to factory defaults, but that doesn't do anything.
What I see when I go into Setup is BIOS version BG2US0J, BIOS Date 03/06/96.
Under the first hard drive (the only one installed), I see Size 4160 MB; Local Bus IDE Mode - Compatible; Read Prefetch - Disabled; Disc Bios Translation - Disabled; Parameter Table Type - Enhanced.
If I try changing any of those settings, the drive isn't "seen."
Now the question(s).
No doubt I need to "upgrade" the BIOS. If so, where do I get whatever is needed to do so, and how do I do it?
I believe the machine is OK, even if it's old, and I hate to throw it away if I can get it going again and install a large enough had drive to make it practical..
Thanks.