bethwayne1
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does anyone knows where can i find manual for an old SIS 305 Motherboard, thanks in advance
where can i find motherboard manual????
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Vipernitrox
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in the box?
but seriously where did you dug up that old piece...
i can't seem to find it anywhere
what do you need to know that's in the manual?
maybe someone else on this forum knows what you need to know
but seriously where did you dug up that old piece...
i can't seem to find it anywhere
what do you need to know that's in the manual?
maybe someone else on this forum knows what you need to know
bethwayne1
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i can't seem to find a small HD, under 5gig to work.
so i had been told that on the old boards you had to look for the setting to enable large drive capacity. it won't always list that as LBA. Often one had to manually configure the cylinder and head count in order to use larger drives.
the full episode is here
http://www.computerforum.com/113744-invalid-partition-table.html
so i had been told that on the old boards you had to look for the setting to enable large drive capacity. it won't always list that as LBA. Often one had to manually configure the cylinder and head count in order to use larger drives.
the full episode is here
http://www.computerforum.com/113744-invalid-partition-table.html
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SIS is a brand of chipset with the driver support available at http://www.sis.com/download/agreement.php?url=/download/
First you have to know the make and model board in order to look that up at the manufacturer's support site. One free system information tool called System Info for Windows will provide a detailed breakdown on the hardwares like the board plus all softwares installed. http://www.gtopala.com/
Once saved to a folder simply double click on the file or right click to create a desktop shortcut. There's no installer since no new registry values are created.
First you have to know the make and model board in order to look that up at the manufacturer's support site. One free system information tool called System Info for Windows will provide a detailed breakdown on the hardwares like the board plus all softwares installed. http://www.gtopala.com/
Once saved to a folder simply double click on the file or right click to create a desktop shortcut. There's no installer since no new registry values are created.
bethwayne1
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understood but don't forget that there's a prob booting into windows.
I haven't tried the tool while booted up in safe mode here. But that would be one idea to try there. Once you have the information post it here if you have trouble locating a support site or at least manufacturer's link. For example CompaQ was buight out by HP. Epson and others like Packard Bell?
Vipernitrox
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i think he means that he cant get the hard disk to be recognized in the bios
he needs to setup the board so that it will take large hd's. 5gb was large when the board was produced.
if i remember correctly that's something you do with the hd jumpers. but please someone correct me if im wrong. Im not that old
and haven't been in computers for so long.
he needs to setup the board so that it will take large hd's. 5gb was large when the board was produced.
if i remember correctly that's something you do with the hd jumpers. but please someone correct me if im wrong. Im not that old
and haven't been in computers for so long.The old systems primarily ran ide drives unless adding in a controller card for ide Raid or SCSI setups. To have a larger drive fully recognised the information seen on a drive's label as far as cylinders, heads, etc. there was either manually entered or you selected the closest amount from a list just below the actual amount for a particular drive.
Some brands of boards were better suited with the option found in the bios for enabling large drive capacity. The pre Pentium II boards were noted for needing the amount entered manually.
Some brands of boards were better suited with the option found in the bios for enabling large drive capacity. The pre Pentium II boards were noted for needing the amount entered manually.
Brezzio
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Winaudit
Try getting a freeware program called Winaudit. You can download it at: http://www.freewarehome.com
Once you run the program(there is no install), it will tell you just about everything you ever wanted to know about your system. This may help you discover the MOBO brand.
Try getting a freeware program called Winaudit. You can download it at: http://www.freewarehome.com
Once you run the program(there is no install), it will tell you just about everything you ever wanted to know about your system. This may help you discover the MOBO brand.
The problem is getting Windows to run in the first place to gather all the information up. The SIW tool will easily do that as well if you can reach the desktop.
Besides manually entering the amount of drive cylinders and heads or choosing the closest from a list there were bios limitation bypass utilities provided by drive manufacturer as well as some 3rd party programs referred to as drive overlays. Those allowed older boards to fully see the entire drive when size limits were a problem.
Besides manually entering the amount of drive cylinders and heads or choosing the closest from a list there were bios limitation bypass utilities provided by drive manufacturer as well as some 3rd party programs referred to as drive overlays. Those allowed older boards to fully see the entire drive when size limits were a problem.