BIOS Patch needed please for Asus A7V400-MX
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:23 am
BIOS Date: 12/21/04
BIOS Type: Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 12/21/2004-KM400A-8235-A7V400MX-00
BIOS Eval: ?
Chipset: VIA 82C3205 rev 0
Superio: Winbond 697HF rev 2 found at port 2Eh
It's an old computer for my son. It's an AMD Athlon Xp 1.9. Basically the hard disk died and I am unable to find IDE hard disks here. So I bought a SATA drive a seagate ST380815AS. I bought a PCI card that I could connect the SATA to. Its chipset is Via VT6421. I assumed it would take care of BIOS seeing the SATA drive. Apparently not. When I load XP in the CD-ROM and it installs its drivers it can detect the SATA drive. But after installation when it boots up for the first time, it cannot find the drive anymore since BIOS cannot detect the SATA.
I need a BIOS patch that would incorporate the SATA rom in BIOS so it can be detected and I can boot from the SATA.
Or alternatively if you know of any workarounds that would not need BIOS splicing I would appreciate also. Thanks in advance.
BIOS Type: Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 12/21/2004-KM400A-8235-A7V400MX-00
BIOS Eval: ?
Chipset: VIA 82C3205 rev 0
Superio: Winbond 697HF rev 2 found at port 2Eh
It's an old computer for my son. It's an AMD Athlon Xp 1.9. Basically the hard disk died and I am unable to find IDE hard disks here. So I bought a SATA drive a seagate ST380815AS. I bought a PCI card that I could connect the SATA to. Its chipset is Via VT6421. I assumed it would take care of BIOS seeing the SATA drive. Apparently not. When I load XP in the CD-ROM and it installs its drivers it can detect the SATA drive. But after installation when it boots up for the first time, it cannot find the drive anymore since BIOS cannot detect the SATA.
I need a BIOS patch that would incorporate the SATA rom in BIOS so it can be detected and I can boot from the SATA.
Or alternatively if you know of any workarounds that would not need BIOS splicing I would appreciate also. Thanks in advance.