On 17 Aug 2002 at 13:23, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote: >Thanks for the help with my cmos question. >Found anyhow the cmos setup always quit frustrating because >the information about the optimizing of cmos setups is so >scattered over the net. >Normally I do not look to often in that setup but because I >have a undefined hanging problem with my computer I a there >more often. >At the moment I have two 4 meg hd's connected and they both >are in LBA mode. What is worrying is that after I have >recognized the second hd as a 4.3 (forgot the exact size) >disc and saved the setup it is changed during the use of my >computer into a 0.495 m size disc. I have looked at the >cmos battery but that seems to be still ok. Also do not >know when and why it is changed. Thought that the solution >may have been in the LBA thingy. Will anyhow change my cmos >battery and see if it remains in the saved setup.
The CMOS battery may be the problem, or it could be something weirder. You might try turning off AUTO sensing of the disk geometry (in C/H/S, see my previous post) if you have it turned on. I have occasionally seen this cause problems. The drives should work if you enter the C/H/S values into the CMOS directly, using the "User-Defined" or "Type 47" option in your CMOS setup. Hope this helps, Anthony J. Albert =========================================================== Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle "I gots yer four basic food groups right here: bacon, beans, whiskey, and lard!" - Cookie, from Disney's _Atlantis_ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
