80 GB HDD being recognised as only 10 GB. How to upgrade BIOS?

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80 GB HDD being recognised as only 10 GB. How to upgrade BIOS?

Nov 15th, 2007

I have an old PC with a Intel motherboard installed, and an Award Software BIOS identified as follows:

Award Modular BIOS V6.00PG, An energy star Ally
BIOS ID String: 09/25/2001 - i810(e)- W8362-6A69MTRAC-00

I tried to install a 80GB Seagate ATA harddisk but the disk autodetection feature from the BIOS setup always recognizes only 71GB. And when i tried to partition the disk with FDISK, it only recognised as 10GB.

As far as I could find, this is a known limitation that could be solved by updating the motherboard BIOS. However, since both the machine and the installed BIOS version seem to be a bit old, I could’t find any available update for it.

Please, any help on where can I download a suitable BIOS update to solve this problem?

Thanks a lot

MY PC AT A GLANCE:

System Manufacturer: INTELR
System Model : AWRDACPI
System Type : X86-based PC
Processor : x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~935 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG, 9/25/2001
SMBIOS Version: 2.2

Last edited by Hellodear : Nov 15th, 2007 at 10:58 pm.

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Re: 80 GB HDD being recognised as only 10 GB. How to upgrade BIOS?

Nov 16th, 2007

Try this info site:
http://www.storagereview.com/guide20...bios/size.html

What operating system? What version of FDISK?

Does your BIOS allow you to control Int 13h?

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Re: 80 GB HDD being recognised as only 10 GB. How to upgrade BIOS?

Nov 18th, 2007

hello ,get Everest program to tell you all about you computer and its hardware ,you may even find a valid link to a bios update for you board .
http://www.filehippo.com/download_everest_home/

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