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| Toshiba T3200SX comes with either a 40 MB or a 80 MB hard drive. The T3200SX/120 was a later upgrade model, and comes with a 120 MB hard disk. The system has a standard IDE interface to connect to the supplied Conner CP hard disk. Most Toshiba T3200SX(C) computers are BIOS locked to specific hard disk part numbers, so you cannot upgrade it easily. If you try using a different hard disk, the computer will most likely refuse to detect and use the hard disk, unless it identifies itself with the computer with a part number starting with the letters "CP" which stands for Conner Peripherals. Old (003C) BIOSes will allow you to use any hard drive, but will still use the disk settings for the hard drives that were originally supplied with the system. In this case, you can override the settings programmatically, with Anydrive, found under [[Files and Resources]]. | Toshiba T3200SX comes with either a 40 MB or a 80 MB hard drive. The T3200SX/120 was a later upgrade model, and comes with a 120 MB hard disk. The system has a standard IDE interface to connect to the supplied Conner CP hard disk. Most Toshiba T3200SX(C) computers are BIOS locked to specific hard disk part numbers, so you cannot upgrade it easily. If you try using a different hard disk, the computer will most likely refuse to detect and use the hard disk, unless it identifies itself with the computer with a part number starting with the letters "CP" which stands for Conner Peripherals. Old (003C) BIOSes will allow you to use any hard drive, but will still use the disk settings for the hard drives that were originally supplied with the system. In this case, you can override the settings programmatically, with Anydrive, found under [[Files and Resources]]. | ||
| - | If you have a BIOS chip that doesn't allow for an upgrade, you can program your own BIOS chip with the ROM files supplied below, or contact me and I can program a ROM chip for you for a nominal fee. | + | If you have a BIOS chip that doesn't allow for a Hard Disk upgrade, you can program your own BIOS chip with the ROM files supplied below, or contact me and I can program a ROM chip for you for a nominal fee. |
| These are the drive configurations supported by standard T3200SX BIOSes: | These are the drive configurations supported by standard T3200SX BIOSes: | ||
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| You have a couple of options: | You have a couple of options: | ||
| - | - If you have the **older BIOS**, your computer should detect any hard disk, but the computer will assume it's a 40 MB drive and the setting can't be changed. You can still boot from it, but you'll only be able to use up to 40 MB of the disk. To use larger hard disks, you will need to download ANYDRIVE (found in the files section) or any other BIOS HDD overlay program that installs in the MBR of your hard disk, and overlays the correct hard drive parameters at startup. Anydrive overrides the BIOS settings so you can use any size hard disk up to 504 MB. You can even use larger disks, but only 504 MB will be usable, if using Anydrive. If you know of other overlay programs that allow for larger hard disk usage, please let me know. | + | - If you have the **older BIOS**, your computer should ignore the part number and will not stop you from using any hard disk regardless of size, but the computer will only give you parameters for a 40 MB drive and the setting can't be changed. You can still boot from it, but you'll only be able to use the first 40 MB of the disk, however there is an easy workaround. You will need to download ANYDRIVE (found in the files section) or any other BIOS HDD overlay program that installs in the MBR of your hard disk, and overlays the correct hard drive parameters at startup. Anydrive overrides the BIOS settings so you can use any size hard disk up to 504 MB. You can use larger disks or even memory cards with IDE-CF or IDE-SD converters, but only 504 MB will be usable. If you know of other overlay programs that allow for larger hard disk utilization, please let me know. |
| - If you have the **newer BIOS**, you can do the following: | - If you have the **newer BIOS**, you can do the following: | ||
| - | - Your Toshiba can boot from a floppy disk, but you will not be able to use the hard disk. | + | - Your Toshiba cannot boot from a upgraded Hard Disk. You CAN boot from a floppy disk, but you will not be able to use the hard disk. |
| - | - Buy a Conner hard-disk. The important bit is that the the part number starts with the letters 'CP'. Then use ANYDRIVE to circumvent the BIOS hard-coded drive size limitations. | + | - Buy a Conner hard-disk. The part number must start with the letters 'CP'. Then use ANYDRIVE to circumvent the BIOS hard-coded drive size parameters if needed. |
| - | - Replace your BIOS chip with an older BIOS, or hunt down a spares -computer with an older BIOS version (such as 003C) and replace the chip. | + | - Replace your BIOS chip with an older BIOS. |
| - If you have a PROM programmer, flash a BIOS chip with the 3CH BIOS found in the files-section, and use ANYDRIVE to circumvent any size limitations. There is a well written BIOS re-flashing guide in the files page in the section labeled Documentation. | - If you have a PROM programmer, flash a BIOS chip with the 3CH BIOS found in the files-section, and use ANYDRIVE to circumvent any size limitations. There is a well written BIOS re-flashing guide in the files page in the section labeled Documentation. | ||
| + | - Buy the working BIOS that allows for upgrades. I sell the 003CH hybrid BIOS upgrade for the Toshiba T3200SX for a nominal fee. You will be able to buy it from Ebay. Please let me know and I will list it for you. | ||
| - | Note: If you plan to use a drive other than what is supported by your BIOS, I highly recommend a BIOS HDD overlay software, so that you may avoid data corruption. | + | Note: If you plan to use a drive other than what was supplied with your computer, you must use a BIOS HDD overlay software to avoid data corruption. |
| **Q: I upgraded the hard disk on my Toshiba, but now it refuses to boot, or detect the hard disk.**\\ | **Q: I upgraded the hard disk on my Toshiba, but now it refuses to boot, or detect the hard disk.**\\ | ||
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