Upgrade my BIOS

 > I was told to upgrade my Bios, but
 > Im not sure how to do it.

There are many ways to do this:

The unsafety way would be to look for the id of your motherboard appearing
at the bottom of your screen when you boot eg.

12/21/1999-691-596-W877-2A6LFTG9C-00

then google. Sometimes (as it´s the way on my board) the information is
under the name for four bios, eg my board shows

Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG, ...
.....

TRM-P6Pro-A5-V1.07

In my case it means that I have the P6Pro-A5 Board, which you can find under
the site of Tekram.

The safe way is to open up your computer an to find out the hardware you
have. Write out the numbers of your platine so you are sure what you have
inside your box.

It is more safe because in some cases you may find different information,
which suggests you to have the right bios file but it isn´t.

Once you have find your model just download the .bin or zip file to disk.
Older boards don´t have the possibility to upgrade live from net or when
your system´s running an graphical OS.

If you have a zip file extract it in a directory (eg. c:\nbios). You need
AWDFL789.EXE [AWDFLASH] or another flash-programm.

Build a bootable dos-disc (format a: /s or for Windows 2000 use the W2K CD -
valueadd/3rdparties/Antivirus/makebootdisk or something similar, please
check your CD). Then copy your files to the disc and boot again from disc.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! ANY CHANGES YOU CAN CAUSE
DAMAGES TO YOUR BOARD AND MAY DESTROY IT.

No risk, no fun

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On 7 Dec 2004 01:21:14 -0800, "bunker1275" <bunker1275.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com>
wrote:

 >I have a 160G hard drive and windows doesnt recognize it. My Bios only
 >recognizes it as a 137G hard drive. I was told to upgrade my Bios, but
 >Im not sure how to do it.

You go to the motherboard makers website and download the latest bios
for the motherboard a small file. And you download the utility
program to flash the bios.

Usually you copy the program and bios file to a bootable floppy disk
and then boot up with the floppy disk and execute the command to flash
the bios they give you.

Many makers have a really easy to use WIndows version too which Ive
often used with no problem. However this is often frowned upon since
more people tend to have problems though I havent had a single one.

The big problem is if you really screw up a bios flash you could end
uip with a dead motherboard. Then you have to do some really pain in
the ass type stuff to get it working again , or pay $15-20 for a bios
flashing service to reflash your bios chip properly and send it back
to you or you buy a new chip from them.

The ways you can go wrong is - the power is interrupted right in the
middle of flashing your bios ! You have corrupt data from a bad
floppy or hard disk. You flash the wrong bios etc !

You can do this because some sites can be really bad - confusing. Some
makers have lots revisions , versions of the same model board and have
different bioses for each one.

I was looking at some the new motherboards and they have a backup bios
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On 7 Dec 2004 01:21:14 -0800, "bunker1275" <bunker1275.DeleteThis@yahoo.com>
wrote:

 >I have a 160G hard drive and windows doesnt recognize it. My Bios only
 >recognizes it as a 137G hard drive. I was told to upgrade my Bios, but
 >Im not sure how to do it.

Get a program that can tell you what board and BIOS you now have.
AIDA32 is a good one.

Then download the BIOS flash utility, the latest BIOS, and the BIOS
recovery utility...and follow the instructions.

Pretty simply nowadays...almost impossible to not be able to recover
from a bad flash.

Good luck.


Have a nice one...

Trent©

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My motherboard is a K7S5A ver:1.0 p/n 40-012-D17100. I looked on their
website I wasnt sure which Bios I should use.
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On 7 Dec 2004 17:04:18 -0800, "bunker1275" <bunker1275.RemoveThis@yahoo.com>
wrote:

 >My motherboard is a K7S5A ver:1.0 p/n 40-012-D17100. I looked on their
 >website I wasnt sure which Bios I should use.

Try again. Just follow the bouncing ball. AIDA32 will tell you what
BIOS version you have...and will even give you a hyperlink to the
proper site.

But if yer not sure...DON'T DO IT!


Have a nice one...

Trent©

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"bunker1275" <bunker1275 DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1102411274.528861.90170@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

 > I have a 160G hard drive and windows doesnt recognize it. My Bios only
 > recognizes it as a 137G hard drive. I was told to upgrade my Bios, but
 > Im not sure how to do it.
 >

Much useful info here:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.48bitlba.com/win98.htm" target="_blank">http://www.48bitlba.com/win98.htm</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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How do I determine which BIOS I should use to upgrade my system with.
I know my BIOS date, but I dont want to just guess and cause major
problems for my self.
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"bunker1275" <bunker1275 DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1102835894.920198.86580@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

 > How do I determine which BIOS I should use to upgrade my system with.
 > I know my BIOS date, but I dont want to just guess and cause major
 > problems for my self.
 >

Visit the motherboard manufacturers website. Get the latest available. If
they publish the revision history, be sre to review that. If there are forums
or newsgroups for your hardware manufacturer check there as well for comments
about good or bad revisions. Check the support web pages. Otherwise, just get
the latest. The manufacturer probably also has instructions and utilities for
upgrading the BIOS. To determine your motherboard model, manufacturer, and
BIOS rev try:

Everest:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=1&lang=en&pageid=1" target="_blank">http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=1&lang=en&pageid=1</a>

SiSoftware Sandra:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.sisoftware.net/" target="_blank">http://www.sisoftware.net/</a>

CPU-Z:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.cpuid.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cpuid.com/</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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bunker1275 wrote:
 >
 > How do I determine which BIOS I should use to upgrade my system with.
 > I know my BIOS date, but I dont want to just guess and cause major
 > problems for my self.

First ask whether you have any reason to upgrade your bios. Is
there something it doesn't do, and if so, what? If not, why take
the chance of converting your machine into junk.

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Its not recognizing the full size of my hard drive, its limit is 137g.
I want to find the best possible solution to use my hard drive at full
capacity.
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The problem isn't your BIOS. You can upgrade your BIOS so it sees the
entire drive, but that won't cause Windows to see the entire drive.
First, what version of Windows are you using?
Second, which service pack have you installed?
Third, is this 160GB drive an addition to an already existing drive?
Or is it a new drive that you want to install Windows on?

On 12 Dec 2004 13:47:58 -0800, "bunker1275" <bunker1275 DeleteThis @yahoo.com>
wrote:

 >Its not recognizing the full size of my hard drive, its limit is 137g.
 >I want to find the best possible solution to use my hard drive at full
 >capacity.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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bunker1275 wrote:
 >
 > Its not recognizing the full size of my hard drive, its limit is
 > 137g. I want to find the best possible solution to use my hard
 > drive at full capacity.

You do seem to be determined to lose all continuity of this thread
by failing to quote. Who knows what you are talking about by now.
What is an "its"?

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I am running windows XP service pack 2. The drive is an additional
drive to an existing 40G drive.
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