hi i have an old pc that i have added a larger hard drive id like to upgrade the bios (ami) to see a larger hdd (120gb) this is the info i get when i run the bios agent at present its only seeing 65gb
Program: BIOS Agent Version 3.42
BIOS Date: 11/08/99
BIOS Type: American Megatrends
BIOS ID: 61-1108-001169-00101111-071595-440BX/ZX-1440B000
OEM Sign-On: A6156P5 V3.3 110899
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 2
Superio: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h
OS: WinXP SP2
CPU: Pentium II 450 Mhz MAX: 600 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: No
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 256 MB
Memory Maximum: 256 MB
Memory Slot 01: 128 MB
Memory Slot 02: 128 MB
the mother board is ms-6156 ver1 bx7 i believe, is it be possible at all to upgrade this bios to see the full 120gb western digital drive. i already tried the downloaded bios from the site but its award bios if i try keep getting message about winbond not being correct version and the program exits any advice would be much appreciated
120GB: 61-1108-001169-00101111-071595-440BX/ZX-1440B000
Maybe it's an OEM Microstar board for NEC, model NEC Ready 95xx?
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It seems the 3.3 Bios is the latest one - it may work only up to 65GB or fully support up to 128GB.
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id like to thank you for your time and the trouble you went to for replying to my question, after taking your advice about checking other posts i went the award route upgraded to 1.6 (info found in another post), drive autodected first time sees full 120gb in bios once again your time and patience it has been much appreciated, thank you.
Are you upgraded from Amibios V3.3 to Award V1.6?biosupgrader wrote:after taking your advice about checking other posts i went the award route upgraded to 1.6 (info found in another post)
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http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopi ... ht=a6156p5
pc is in a plane case, i was only going by info on the mboard itself and taking a chance
... but i backed up the bios that was on the board just in case, above post is where i got the info from it worked a treat for me 
now im wondering if there is a limitation on the bios at 137gb 
everything seems to be working have checked a few times all biso settings are still same as when flashed
pc is in a plane case, i was only going by info on the mboard itself and taking a chance
... but i backed up the bios that was on the board just in case, above post is where i got the info from it worked a treat for me now im wondering if there is a limitation on the bios at 137gb everything seems to be working have checked a few times all biso settings are still same as when flashed