BIOS update needed for MS-6123

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Hi All,

Could anyone tell me where I can find a BIOS upgrade for my system please?
I'm trying to install a new Maxtor 60GB HDD and my PC hangs at the BIOS HDD
detection stage. I presume I need an updated BIOS. I used AMI website to
detect my motherboard details and was directed to esupport.com where I
reluctantly paid $24.95 for them to email an upgrade. However, after filling
all my credit card details and hitting the 'accept' button I find that
they're not at home until Monday bloody morning!!

If anyone can help I will try and cancel my order and gladly PayPal them the
money instead.

Motherboard and BIOS details below.

Many thanks,

Karl.
***************************************************
An AMIBIOS ID String Was Detected:
61-0826-001169-00111111-071595-440LX
AMIBIOS ROM Size: 128 KB
BIOS Build Date: Jul 15 1995
Motherboard Manufacturer Code Detected: 1169 - Micro-Star Int'l Co., Ltd.
Please Consults Micro-Star Int'l Co., Ltd. for support

AMIBIOS Build Tag: 1440L000
AMIBIOS Project ID: 1440L000 Not listed in TAG.DAT file

SMBIOS info:
Manufacturer : Micro-Star Inc.
Product Name : MS-6123

For more information on upgrading your BIOS go to
http://www.ami.com/support/bios.cfm?refer=mbid
*******************************

 

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> Could anyone tell me where I can find a BIOS upgrade for my system please?
> I'm trying to install a new Maxtor 60GB HDD and my PC hangs at the BIOS
> HDD
> detection stage. I presume I need an updated BIOS. I used AMI website to
> detect my motherboard details and was directed to esupport.com where I
> reluctantly paid $24.95 for them to email an upgrade. However, after
> filling
> all my credit card details and hitting the 'accept' button I find that
> they're not at home until Monday bloody morning!!
>
> If anyone can help I will try and cancel my order and gladly PayPal them
> the
> money instead.

The BIOS for your mobo is at:

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=250&kind=1

The latest version is only 1.1 though so you probably have other issues. Do
you really want to stick with a board that old?

Tom Lake

 

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"Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
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>> Could anyone tell me where I can find a BIOS upgrade for my system
>> please?
>> I'm trying to install a new Maxtor 60GB HDD and my PC hangs at the BIOS
>> HDD
>> detection stage. I presume I need an updated BIOS. I used AMI website to
>> detect my motherboard details and was directed to esupport.com where I
>> reluctantly paid $24.95 for them to email an upgrade. However, after
>> filling
>> all my credit card details and hitting the 'accept' button I find that
>> they're not at home until Monday bloody morning!!
>>
>> If anyone can help I will try and cancel my order and gladly PayPal them
>> the
>> money instead.
>
> The BIOS for your mobo is at:
>
> http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=250&kind=1
>
> The latest version is only 1.1 though so you probably have other issues.
> Do you really want to stick with a board that old?
>

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the reply and sorry for my late response. I actually found that
link on Friday and tried installing it but it didn't seem to work. I went
through the instructions and all seemed to go well and I got the 'Updated
Successfully' message at the end but my BIOS date still reads 07/15/95.

Unfortunately I made the fatal mistake of 'promising' a friend I could
update their PC 'no problem at all' for 30 quid. I hadn't realised there'd
be issues with the HDD being unrecognisable. I also said it would only take
a couple of hours to do it

I'm still awaiting the promised link I bought from www.esupport.com. They
guarantee 100% success so I'll wait and see.

Many thanks again for your help.

Karl.

 

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On 2004-12-06, Karl Johnson <newsBY@karljohnson.co.uk> wrote:
>
> "Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:Wzjsd.46071$AL5.26752@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>>> Could anyone tell me where I can find a BIOS upgrade for my system
>>> please?
>>> I'm trying to install a new Maxtor 60GB HDD and my PC hangs at the BIOS
>>> HDD
>>> detection stage. I presume I need an updated BIOS. I used AMI website to
>>> detect my motherboard details and was directed to esupport.com where I
>>> reluctantly paid $24.95 for them to email an upgrade. However, after
>>> filling
>>> all my credit card details and hitting the 'accept' button I find that
>>> they're not at home until Monday bloody morning!!
>>>
>>> If anyone can help I will try and cancel my order and gladly PayPal them
>>> the
>>> money instead.
>>
>> The BIOS for your mobo is at:
>>
>> http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=250&kind=1
>>
>> The latest version is only 1.1 though so you probably have other issues.
>> Do you really want to stick with a board that old?
>>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Thanks for the reply and sorry for my late response. I actually found that
> link on Friday and tried installing it but it didn't seem to work. I went
> through the instructions and all seemed to go well and I got the 'Updated
> Successfully' message at the end but my BIOS date still reads 07/15/95.
>
> Unfortunately I made the fatal mistake of 'promising' a friend I could
> update their PC 'no problem at all' for 30 quid. I hadn't realised there'd
> be issues with the HDD being unrecognisable. I also said it would only take
> a couple of hours to do it
>
> I'm still awaiting the promised link I bought from www.esupport.com. They
> guarantee 100% success so I'll wait and see.
>
> Many thanks again for your help.
>
> Karl.

I would suspect that the board/BIOS is too old to support a drive of that size.
Your only fix is to use a drive overlay program (are these still available?) or
jumper the drive to clip the capacity to 32Gig. Even that may not work as the
board may be limited to an 8 Gig drive or smaller...

Nick.

 

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"fm900" <fm900@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> On 2004-12-06, Karl Johnson <newsBY@karljohnson.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> "Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:Wzjsd.46071$AL5.26752@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>>>> Could anyone tell me where I can find a BIOS upgrade for my system
>>>> please?
>>>> I'm trying to install a new Maxtor 60GB HDD and my PC hangs at the BIOS
>>>> HDD
>>>> detection stage. I presume I need an updated BIOS. I used AMI website
>>>> to
>>>> detect my motherboard details and was directed to esupport.com where I
>>>> reluctantly paid $24.95 for them to email an upgrade. However, after
>>>> filling
>>>> all my credit card details and hitting the 'accept' button I find that
>>>> they're not at home until Monday bloody morning!!
>>>>
>>>> If anyone can help I will try and cancel my order and gladly PayPal
>>>> them
>>>> the
>>>> money instead.
>>>
>>> The BIOS for your mobo is at:
>>>
>>> http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=250&kind=1
>>>
>>> The latest version is only 1.1 though so you probably have other issues.
>>> Do you really want to stick with a board that old?
>>>
>>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply and sorry for my late response. I actually found
>> that
>> link on Friday and tried installing it but it didn't seem to work. I went
>> through the instructions and all seemed to go well and I got the 'Updated
>> Successfully' message at the end but my BIOS date still reads 07/15/95.
>>
>> Unfortunately I made the fatal mistake of 'promising' a friend I could
>> update their PC 'no problem at all' for 30 quid. I hadn't realised
>> there'd
>> be issues with the HDD being unrecognisable. I also said it would only
>> take
>> a couple of hours to do it
>>
>> I'm still awaiting the promised link I bought from www.esupport.com. They
>> guarantee 100% success so I'll wait and see.
>>
>> Many thanks again for your help.
>>
>> Karl.
>
> I would suspect that the board/BIOS is too old to support a drive of that
> size.
> Your only fix is to use a drive overlay program (are these still
> available?) or
> jumper the drive to clip the capacity to 32Gig. Even that may not work as
> the
> board may be limited to an 8 Gig drive or smaller...
>

Thanks Nick,

My update finally arrived as promised and the install went fine. Excellent
results too. My BIOS is now dated June 2004 and all 60GB are recognised.

The board is a dinosaur but belongs to a friend and they're now happy that
the PC is back up and running with a lot more HDD space.

Thanks again for both your input.

Regards,

Karl.