BIOS Updates forum

Posted: **Fri Jul 05, 2002 12:49 am**

Have searched high and low about this, but have only found misleading info so far. Need to upgrade my bios due to buying a new 80gb hd which my current bios won't recognise...

Code in bottom-left when computer is turned on:

09/09/1998-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KC39C-00

Have extablished it's made by chaintech, but their websites seem hopeless. Please help if you can, thanks in advance

Fatboy

Posted: **Fri Jul 05, 2002 3:37 am**

I've known most Chaintech boards to have a little sticker with the model number on them.

Posted: **Sat Jul 06, 2002 5:16 am**

It looks you have same chipsets as my mobo. I just installed a 60GB HD without upgrading BIOS. Go to IBM Website, from their Service & Download site download the utility program called Disk Manager 2000. The utility will using Dynamic Drive Overlay(DDO) to help old system to recognize disk's full capacity.

Posted: **Sat Jul 06, 2002 12:50 pm**

But if you like your data, get a BIOS update.

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80GB: 09/09/1998-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KC39C-00

80GB: 09/09/1998-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KC39C-00

Using DDo instead Updating BIOS