bios upgrade

[dgfullin]

I am currently running WINME and am installing a new hard drive. I plan to put WIN2000 on this drive and use my old drive as a backup. How do I know if I need to update my bios. ( harddrive manufacture said to ).
Here is the info I have on my machine.

Program: BIOS Agent Version 3.45
BIOS Date: 10/09/01
BIOS Type: American Megatrends
BIOS ID: 62-1009-001437-00101111-040201-VIA_P6-P4VXASD
OEM Sign-On: P4VXASD Release 10/09/2001
Chipset: VIA 82C3128 rev 1
Superio: ITE 8705/SiS 950 rev 1 found at port 2Eh
OS: WinME
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor 1400 Mhz MAX: 3000 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 512 MB
Memory Maximum: 4096 MB
Memory Slot 01: 256 MB
Memory Slot 02: 256 MB
Memory Slot 03: 0 MB
Memory Slot 04: 0 MB

Thanks in advance.
df

[KURIAKI]

You don't need a BIOS update.
But if you want it:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Downloads/ ... 35&LanID=0

[dgfullin]

Thanks Kuriaki,
The new harddrive is 160 GB, and the manufacture said if my bios is not up to date, I may only be able to format to 137 GB, and would then have to partition. I had no idea if my bios or motherboard would support this.

df

[ajzchips]

According to an excerpt from:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/lo ... ist=139146
...it seems that with the latest BIOS, you'll get the 48-bit LBA support you need for large HDDs over 120GB.

[dgfullin]

Kuriaki,
Just out of curiosity, how did you figure out the bios I needed from the info I gave you? They are supposedly motherboard dependant.
df

[KURIAKI]

Your BIOS string can be found in my database:
http://www.supportbios.info/modelo.asp? ... &Idioma=EN