Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Mar 2000 15:44:22 -0800 (PST) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: Answer (Re: Cylinder limits jumper for drives over 32GB) |
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote: > Prepare to live DANGEROUSLY if we muck with the "XXXX_MAX_ADDRESS". > There are AWARD Bios issues that prevent the System from getting past the > BIOS INIT's if the geometry exceeds 32GB.
I found this out the hard way this weekend with an Athlon mobo and Award BIOS. The thing would hang during BIOS INIT with a 40gb maxtor. No fun...
-Dan
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