Old Sys... New Life???

[Chaostician]

I have an old Compaq, ick, DX4-100 (9548?) with motherboard and daughter board. The motherboard will only detect a hard drive of 503 Mb. Is there a Bios flash out there for me? Is there a certian board out there that does support a larger HD; I've a 4.3 Quantum and a 1.6 Maxtor. Does anyone have a DX4-100 board that will fit in a normal ATX/AT case for sale/christmas gift?

Thanks in advance,
Chaostician

[bobcat]

They used to make EIDE controllers that had a bios override that allowed you to install larger HD on machines that could only handle 500 meg. Don't know if anyone sells them anymore.

[Underclocked]

Both Quantum and Maxtor have drive overlay programs which will enable full use of the drives with older bios. Check those out.

[Chaostician]

Thanks Underclocked, I'll try those sites and get back with you on the info I've found.

Chaostician

[richamies]

IBM's disk manager also supports the overlay thingy, not sure if you can download it or what, but I have a copy here if you want it!

[Target]

Agree with Underclocked, the utilities from Quantum and Maxtor work very well for over-riding older bios limitations.

Should you decide you still need an older DX4-100 board....let me know via email, I have two I am willing to part with (CPU included) http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Chaostician]

You guys/gals are awsome!!! It worked like a charm... I downloaded the Quantum Disk Manager and booted, it did the rest!

Thanks for all the help!
Chaostician