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by housedoc1800s 1 view

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Can not find C:
I am working on a 1993 comp.with a Microsoft BCM SQ591 motherboard. I flashed CMOS to remove the password of an unknown user. now it will rec.the cd rom but won't find drive C: with 98 start up disc it loads temp files to C: went all through CMOS and IDE HDD AUTO DECTECTION to try and load C: manualy I have tried everthing I can think of short of installing a cold HEINEKEN on the motherboard

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by cnlson

if the hd is over 512 meg you probably need to set the bios to 1023 16 and 63 for c h s because the bios cannot recognize a drive of over 512 meg without drive overlay software .

when you flashed the bios you should have looked at the settings first.

by gigelul

I'm not sure if I understand correct your problem.
First step is in BIOS to recognize the HDD.
-check to be enabled all IDE chanel.
-try with UDMA support or not.
-autodetections of HDD must find something or you have some hardware problems like: jumper settings(master/slave), flat cable incorrect instalation, etc. If find HDD try to use LBA options.
If all these don't work try install CD-ROM on second IDE chanel.
After succesfull detecting in BIOS and if the OS on the HDD it is OK you can boot the computer.
Post a comment for more detail.

by housedoc1800s

have tried it with and without CD-ROM on each IDE chanel even pulled a master drive from a working machine. any idea where I can find BIOS drivers for a 1993 Intel BCM SQ591 mother board?

by housedoc1800s

have replaced flat cables with new swapped hard drives switched cables from cd to hd. microsoft does not post BIOS drivers for this old of a board

by saihib

I think cold HEINEKEN is a good idea. My preference, however, would be to install it in my mouth. Boot PC without the CD installed and see if the BIOS recognizes it. What are the specs of the HDD?

by diskaus

OUCH
It sounds like you ,ay have incorectly flashed the bios , you only get one go at it , try to get another bios ( of the same ) and see if that fixes the problem.
Good luck

by daz'n'ash

Try to clear the CMOS and start again, make sure your HDD is not NTFS and you have FDISKED the HDD. If tehre is a DOS partition on the drive, it should detect unless for some reason either the IDE channel or the cable or maybe the drive itself has gone bad.

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