80GB: I440BX SMC60X 2A69KB0EC-00

sergio · Tue Jan 21, 2003 3:08 pm

i try to find a bios for my BIOSTAR motherboard to install a 80Gb HDD

board : M6TBE ver 1.0
bios :TBE1014B

thanks

Tue Jan 21, 2003 3:22 pm

Please post the complete BIOS ID
(something like 07/06/1999-i440BX-SMC60X-2A69KB0EC-00)
Latest at the site is TBE0719 and does not support HDD >32GB but I have patched it. If yours is later we can patch yours instead.

sergio · Tue Jan 21, 2003 4:17 pm

my complete Bios ID
10/14/98 I440BX SMC60X 2A69KB0EC-00

Board : M6TBE
Bios : TBE1014B

thanks

NickS wrote:Please post the complete BIOS ID
(something like 07/06/1999-i440BX-SMC60X-2A69KB0EC-00)
Latest at the site is TBE0719 and does not support HDD >32GB but I have patched it. If yours is later we can patch yours instead.

Tue Jan 21, 2003 5:33 pm

OK, the one at the Biostar site was later. It's patched and available for you to try at your own risk at the link in my signature. It contains the .bin file and a .txt file with details of the BIOS ID and the patching output. You will need to get a flash utility from (e.g.) the Biostar site http://www.biostar.com.tw and follow the instructions for flashing carefully. Clear the CMOS (use the /cc switch on the Award flasher command line). Please tell us how it went.

sergio · Wed Jan 22, 2003 9:32 am

I update my Bios with the bios load on Nicks page but it doesn't find my HDD. I try to install my 80GB HDD as slave on IDE 1 and master on IDE 2.

10/14/98 I440BX SMC60X 2A69KB0EC-00

Board : M6TBE

Wed Jan 22, 2003 10:24 am

What kind of HDD do you have ? > manufacturer and model name
Checked for correct Master/Slave jumper settings ?
With the new Bios flashed you should have a 7/99 bios date not the old 1998 one - are you sure the flash was successful ?

Wed Nov 05, 2003 11:11 am

Just to update - in an email, Sergio told me that he found that he could not flash update his BIOS.