The Intel Express BIOS works great and has some protection
built-in. If you are going to update an Intel mobo that has
the option of using the Express version, it is faster and
easier to use.
The one issue with any BIOS upgrade is that you need to have
a uninterruptible power supply, since a power failure can
cause all manner of problems.
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|I doubt that this is the best newsgroup for this sort of
question, but...
|
| See
www.intel.com. The release notes for the latest BIOS
update are
| available as an Adobe Acrobat document:
|
|
ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/6144/ENG/P15-0050.pdf
|
| You'll find a reference to one BIOS update adding 48 bit
LBA support, which
| is what you need for a large hard drive. It's present in
BIOS revisions
| P08-0031 and later. If I understand your BIOS code
correctly, you have some
| P04 revision.
|
| The instructions for updating the BIOS are here:
|
|
http://support.intel.com/design/motherbd/standardbios.htm
|
| Unfortunately, I think that the instructions for the
Iflash version are
| partially wrong.
|
| Two different types of upgrade utility are here:
|
|
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scr...tID=664&OSFullName=Windows+NT*+4.0&submit=Go!
|
| (link may wrap)
|
| If you're downloading the Iflash version:
|
|
ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/6144/eng/hv86ap15bi.exe
|
| It appears that you'll have to make a Dos-type boot
floppy yourself. (In
| XP, format the floppy with the "create an MS-DOS startup
floppy" options
| checked.) Then, extract the contents of hv86ap15bi.exe to
the floppy. When
| you boot the machine using the floppy, it will execute
Iflash. Exactly what
| happens then, I'm not sure - I don't have a test machine.
I believe that it
| will complete the flash with little or no input from you.
|
| If you wish to flash from within Windows, get the Intel
Express version:
|
|
ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/6145/eng/hv86ap15eb.exe
|
| It looks like the express BIOS update may be easier to
use. However, I have
| always done BIOS updates from DOS, believing that it's
safer.
|
| Also, you will want a DOS BIOS upgrade floppy anyway, so
that you can use
| the BIOS recovery procedure if something goes wrong with
the flash.
|
| Flashing the BIOS is recommended only if it does something
you need, because
| there is a small risk that the BIOS would be not updated
properly, rendering
| the machine unbootable. (The Intel BIOS recovery procedure
may get rid of
| some of the risk.) However, it appears that you need the
update.
|
| You may also need to read this:
|
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013
|
| "How to enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing support for
ATAPI disk drives
| in Windows XP".
|
| Good luck..
|
| Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
|
| "Mitsukai212" <
[email protected]>
wrote in message
| | > OK, I just bought a 200gb HD and the board is only
reading 123gb of it.
| > There
| > has been a few suggestiong (the only suggestions) that
the bios needs to
| > be
| > update. So, I went to intel.com and downloaded the bios
updates for an
| > intel
| > D845wn board. But after I download it, and try to run
the iflash
| > executable... it takes me to what looks like DOS, but I
can't type
| > anything
| > and the bios doesn't update. Bios version is
HV84510A.86A.0018.P04 right
| > now.
| > What am I doing wrong, and how do I update my bios.
|
|
