Ami Flash Bios Upgrade

[Eduardo Mera]

First Name: Eduardo
Last Name: Mera
Email Address: edomera@yahoo.com
Company Name: Individual
Daytime Phone: 6926642
State: Foreign
OEM Signon:
Super I/O:
Receive Future BIOS Info: yes
Interested in Memory Upgrades: no
Interested in CPU Upgrades: no
BIOS Type: AMI American Megatrends licensed to Intel
BIOS Date: 02/26/99
BIOS ID: BIOS Version 1.00.17.DU0M
Flash: Intel DU0M motherboard
Chipset: Intel Natoma 440FX rev 2
CPU Type: Pentium II
CPU Speed: 266 Mhz CPU Max: 266 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: No
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 128 MB
Memory Maximum: 384 MB
Comments: I own IBM Pc 300XL(Type 6588) and need upgrade flash bios
to install 40 GB hard drive, only permits 8 GB

Thanks for any help

[edwin]

1.00.17.DU0M is the latest and can be downloaded here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... COR-3HFCRY

No mention of large harddrive support but this may be hopeful:

Enabled BIOS setup IDE LBA translation to be user defineable

It's an OEM version of the Intel DB440FX (Dublin) board but alas not listed here:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboar ... 009028.htm
Most of the 440FX boards are listed in the 8GB section so chances are slim this one will support more even with the latest bios

Manual:
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/oem/index.htm

[Eduardo Mera]

Edwin, I try your suggestions, thanks too much..