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April 5th, 2004 13:00

Changeing DIM4400 Bios

I have a DIM4400 with Intel 1.6GHz processor and 400MHz backbus, Intel 845 chipset with DDR memory support, 256Meg DDR SRAM (PC2100) in memory slot 1,  a 37.21Gb hard disk (NTFS), BIOS A02

I what to upgrade my system by adding:

   1. another 256 Meg of DDR SRAM in memory slot 2

   2. another hard disk - 80Gb running at 7200 rpm

   3. change the processor from 1.6MHz to a 2.6GHz processor.

I want to put the new hard disk as the C drive and move current hard disk to secondary position as D drive.

I currently have a DVD+RW as the D drive and a CD-RW as the E drive which I assume will move down when I add the new hard drive and move the existing one.

I know the current wisdom about BIOS is "if it its not broke don't fix it". However; with these changes should I flash the BIOS to A06 which is listed as the latest BIOS for my specific computer in "DOWNLOAD" .

Also anyone see a problem with what I plan to do

Thanks for your help

Don

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April 5th, 2004 13:00

Considering the upgrades that you are doing I would also upgrade the BIOS.  From BIOS version A02 through A06 there was additional support added for Pentium 4 processor and an improved error detection of hard drives in the BIOS during the start up post.  In case you wanted to go with an even larger hard drive, support was added for drives larger than 137 gigs.

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April 5th, 2004 14:00

Majestic

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have downloaded the upgrade and will install in the next couple of days.

Thanks again

Don

 

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