Can someone please help me, i'm trying to find an upgrade for my AWAARD Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Version MI412 for a PIII CPU @450MHz
AWARD Plug & Play Extention v1.0A
03/04/1999-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KF09C-00
The reason why i want this upgrade is to install a Maxtor 160GB Hard disk.
HELP!!! Upgrade AWARD Modular BIOS v4.51PG
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- Master Flasher
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Seems to be an FIC VB-601 motherboard - the MI412 is an earlier BIOS version. Check out the following link for updates (now up to MI415):
http://www.fic.com.tw/techsupport/drive ... ame=VB-601
http://www.fic.com.tw/techsupport/drive ... ame=VB-601
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- The Hardware Archivist
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Rainbow and other people are currently working on an universal fix for that problem:
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=122
Problem here is your harddisk IS bigger than 128GB. If no workaround is found your only option is an add-in controller card from http://www.promise.com
And then I went to read the actual page.
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=122
Problem here is your harddisk IS bigger than 128GB. If no workaround is found your only option is an add-in controller card from http://www.promise.com
And then I went to read the actual page.
So they have solved that problem in this release.1. Update CPU detect method.
2. Update new CPU microcode.
3. Fix BIOS can not detect Hard disk size great than 36GB
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Latest official Bios supports drives greater than 36GB but thisusually ends at 64 or 128GB .
Seems they have a beta here :
ftp://ftp.fic.com.tw/bios/motherboards/slot1/vb-601
But from the date no 160GB support .
Seems they have a beta here :
ftp://ftp.fic.com.tw/bios/motherboards/slot1/vb-601
But from the date no 160GB support .