80GB: 07/01/1999-692-596-W977-2A6LGM4EC-00
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 2:27 pm
hey guys,
i recently bought a new wd 80 gb drive, but as you can expect from my topic it does not really work with my bios. it seems to me that it has to do with the 32 and / or 64 gb bug. as there are no bios upgrades for MS-6163va Mainboards (yet ?), i decided to ask here if you guys could help me out.
Bios Wizard gave me those informations:
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 07/01/1999-692-596-W977-2A6LGM4EC-00
BIOS Date: 07/01/99
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
BIOS OEM Signon: VMP 1.0B6f * MSI MS-6163VA
Chipset: VIA 82C597 rev 6
Super I/O Chip: Winbond 83977EF found at port 3F0h
i downloaded a bios from, but it looks the same i have on there right now (stupid me lol):
ftp://ftp.maxdata.de/MAXDATA_Computers/ ... MS-6163VA/
by the way, i searched for similar problems in here, but all i found was some guy having the same problem like me, just with another bios OEM singon.
thx for your help!
greetz, keiler
i recently bought a new wd 80 gb drive, but as you can expect from my topic it does not really work with my bios. it seems to me that it has to do with the 32 and / or 64 gb bug. as there are no bios upgrades for MS-6163va Mainboards (yet ?), i decided to ask here if you guys could help me out.
Bios Wizard gave me those informations:
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 07/01/1999-692-596-W977-2A6LGM4EC-00
BIOS Date: 07/01/99
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
BIOS OEM Signon: VMP 1.0B6f * MSI MS-6163VA
Chipset: VIA 82C597 rev 6
Super I/O Chip: Winbond 83977EF found at port 3F0h
i downloaded a bios from, but it looks the same i have on there right now (stupid me lol):
ftp://ftp.maxdata.de/MAXDATA_Computers/ ... MS-6163VA/
by the way, i searched for similar problems in here, but all i found was some guy having the same problem like me, just with another bios OEM singon.
thx for your help!
greetz, keiler