Intel - MP440BX, AA698435-208 - Gateway G6-400XL - Safemode

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nmbwmc2
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I'm in the process of of upgrading the hard drive and OS on an older PC (Gateway G6-400xl, Pentium II, 400Mhz, 384Mb ram, 14Gb hard drive, Windows 98 ). Gateway support suggested I update the BIOS on the PC before the upgrade. So I downloaded the latest BIOS revision (4M4PB0X1.15A.0033.P21) from the Gateway site. The prior BIOS was 4M4PB0X1.15A.0013.P07. After running the update the PC will only boot in safe mode. It almost appears that there is device conflict or problem since the Windows will come up in safe mode. Any suggestions to remedy this problem? Also, how can I tell what the size hard drive the PC will support ?

Mainboard and chipset:
Motherboard manufacturer Intel Corporation
Motherboard model MP440BX, AA698435-208
BIOS vendor Intel Corp.
BIOS revision 4M4PB0X1.15A.0033.P21
BIOS release date 11/30/1999
Chipset Intel i440BX/ZX rev. B1
Southbridge Intel 82371 (PIIX4) rev. 02
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