80 GB Seagate on Microstar 5169

[Vick]

BIOS Auto Detect does not detect a new Seagate Barracuda 80G IDE drive

Steps taken sofar: this post is it (I want to get it right first time)

Details of my system are:

Board: MS-5169 V2.1 Microstar International
CPU: AMD-K6 33 MHz
Chipset: ALi M1531/M1543

OS: Win 98

BIOS Type: American Megatrends

Can someone please recommend a BIOS update and compatible loader.
The latest version for my version of the 5169 on the Microstar website is v3.6 but makes no mention of a fix for HD capacity:

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/b ... 102&kind=1

Responses to a previous post by Eric on 5 Jan 2005 suggested the v3.83 beta BIOS but for a different version (4) of the motherboard.

Also, does anyone know if there is BIOS protection on this motherboard. I cannot find a BIOS setting and if it is in hardware I do not know what to look for.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions

[ajzchips]

The German MSI site points to the V3.7 BIOS for all MS-5169 revisions. This could simply mean that the particular "fix" they mention only applies to some of the motherboard revsions, not excluding the BIOS compatibility with others.

[Denniss]

http://wims.rainbow-software.org/dennis ... 83Beta.zip

This Bios should work on all MS-5169 but I'm not sure of Rev 1.x boards.