40GB: 06/21/1999-SiS-620-2A6INPN9C-00

[epb205]

Hi, I'm trying to get a 40GB Western Digital Caviar hard drive to work with my SiS 620 motherboard. The BIOS is an Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG. The BIOS ID is 06/21/1999-SiS-620-2A6INPN9C-00. When I boot up, the system just sits there trying to detect the drive.

I went to the manufacturer's site as indicated here: http://www.wimsbios.com/HTML1/procomp.html but I could not find anything related to my motherboard at all. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks a bunch.

[KURIAKI]

Can be:
Procomp BS61M
Procomp BS61M-A
Procomp BS61M-AR
Post your complete BIOS ID using BIOS Agent:
http://www.unicore.com/biosagent/index.cfm

[epb205]

Ok, here's what BIOS Agent told me:

BIOS Date: 06/21/99
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 06/21/1999-SiS-620-2A6INPN9C-00
OEM Sign-On: BS61M BIOS Ver:1.0
Chipset: SiS 620 rev 2
Superio: ITE 8661/SiS 6801 rev 6 found at port 279h
CPU Type: INTEL(R) CELERON(TM)
CPU Speed: 500 Mhz
CPU Max: 600 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 384 MB
Memory Maximum: 384 MB

[KURIAKI]

http://www.procomp.com.tw/driver/j2-1.asp?type=bs61m
There are a patched BIOS courtesy of Rainbow:
http://wims.rainbow-software.org/rainbo ... 0BS61M.zip

[epb205]

Thanks, I tried the BIOS from procomp.com and it worked, but I am curious what the patched BIOS is. Should I load it instead of the ProComp version? Does it add extra functionality? Thanks a lot!