Will a new 80GB hard drive work?

[FalseDawn]

Seems like my (fairly old) PC is likely to be affliced by the 32GB limit in the BIOS.
Can anyone tell me if there is an upgrade that I can use that will fix this, or should I just buy a PCI ATA controller card?

Info:

BIOS Date: 09/09/98
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 09/09/1998-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KC39C-00
BIOS Eval: 09/09/1998
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 2
Superio: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h


Thanks for any help!

[Rainbow]

It's Chaintech board - can be 6BDU, 6BTM or 6BTS (or maybe some other) - check if there's model number printed somewhere on the board.

[FalseDawn]

Ok. Will get back to you once I've found my spanners!

[FalseDawn]

It's a 6BTM

[Rainbow]

The latest BIOS should work with your drive
"08/17/2000-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KC39C-00" http://www.chaintech.com.tw/FILES/6xMB/6BTM0817.EXE

[FalseDawn]

Thanks a lot - I'll give it a go!