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I don't know anything please help

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 11:10 pm
by cdoublej
I've got an Asus mobo Xp athlon 40 sata fireball won't detect what bios flash update do i need oh BTW this is an ata mobo because the drive is supposed to be revers compatible.
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I don't know a whole lot about bios. I really need to know what update to d/l i looked through the updates page but the links were broke.

sorry to annoy. :(

Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 12:21 pm
by Denniss
It's not really easy to understand what you are asking.

Please specify what motherboard model you have and what kind of HDD. If your HDD is SATA then it has to be detected by the motherboard if SATA-controller is integrated into the chipset. It has to be detected by the SATA controller Bios, either as PCI card or chip integrated onto the motherboard.

Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 8:11 pm
by cdoublej
Thank you i will get the specs (cdoublejj bows i thanks) :D :D :D :D

Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 5:48 pm
by cdoublej
Award Medallion 6.0

mobo Asus A7A133 ACPI bios revsion 1009
Award Plug n Play Extension v1.0a
AMD Athlon 1400 MHz

bottom of screen
10/19/2001-M1647-A7A133


The prob is the new hdd is sata and the mobo is ata
the sata should be reverse compatible but i think bios is the culprit because if this doesn't work and the people ask for there computer back i'll be out 60$ :cry:

Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 9:43 pm
by edwin
you are out $60 unless you can sell that harddisk somewhere. The board has NO SATA connections.

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 12:17 am
by Denniss
You need a SATA controller card for PCI slot to be able to use this HDD. Contact your dealer, he may be able to exchange the SATA drive for a PATA variant.

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 3:18 am
by cdoublej
WHAT this guy told me this sata was reverse compatible i have to get an ata from in in less than a week cause theses xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxx 2. Don't use profanity. And be polite, ... oderators. can't wait and I'm doing it for free I've done for them already than they know and to top it off the dude I'm getting parts from is very bussy
and i'll need to trade these for ata with him cause i'm not spending my money.

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 5:52 am
by KURIAKI
For cdoublej
Your own web page (http://www.streetrod3.com) says:
6. Excessive amounts of vulgar language and inappropriate material are not allowed and will be removed at a staff member’s discretion.

We have the same rules here:
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=118

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 11:37 pm
by cdoublej
I don't own sr3 i support it. If my language was bad sorry i will not say
#$@ !? any more :( call me cdoublejj that was my original nick but i accidentally deleted the activation notification.