hard drive not recognised

[dineshr2]

first of all thanks for having this nice forum


k my problem is sometimes my hard disk doesnt get recognised and it is a seagate 80 gb HDD (not a SATA). it works well on my second computer.

another problem is the password protection for BIOS also nott working.

i consulted a hardware engineer and he asked me to update my BIOS. but the hell thing is tat i cant recognise wats the right thing for my motherboard. so guys PLZ help me out to get a right BIOS update with some guide/links for instruction as i had never worked with BIOS environments though i m a young software engineer

my configuration is

Program: eSupport.com BIOS Agent Version 3.61
BIOS Date: 02/09/04
BIOS Type: Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 02/09/2004-KM400-8237-6A6LYA0EC
OEM Sign-On: Copyright 2004 by Hewlett-Packard Company Rev. 3.03
Chipset: VIA 82C3205 rev 0
Superio: Winbond 697HF rev 2 found at port 2Eh
OS: WinXP SP2
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000 Mhz MAX: 3000 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 512K
Memory Installed: 512 MB
Memory Maximum: 2048 MB
Memory Slot 01: 256 MB
Memory Slot 02: 256 MB
ACPI Revision: 1.0

hope i ll get some gud replies. thank you

dineshr2@rediffmail.com

[cp]

mainboard:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu ... ge=product

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/gene ... =c00063254


bios:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/soft ... ge=product

[dineshr2]

bunch of thanx. it worked excellent and i got some usb boot options. thanks a lot. but i m still stucked up with one thing. the password feature is still not working. i can protect the bios settings with a password but not the system booting. it accepts some passwords for system boot at settings but doesnt care while booting . if u hav some suggestions then feel free to post, i ll be thankful