chocot

Hi,
I need your help,
My computer: Windows XP pro SP2, AMD Duron XP, 1800 MHz (13.5 x 133),
mother board Kobian KOB KM266 FDSMx, chipset VIA VT8375 ProSavageDDR KM266, BIOS type AMI.
I want to update my BIOS, but unfortunately this site is not free and I have no mean to buy
( http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/in...m?refererid=40 )
Please do let me know if there is another site where I can have it for free.

mattlock

Your BIOS update should be available at the manufacturers wesite for free. If it's a self built system then checkout www.kobian.com (The site won't open for me right now) If it's a retail PC (Gateway, HP, etc) then go to that website and enter the PC model in the support section, and look for downloads, or post the computer make and model number here and we can help you find the BIOS download.

May I ask the reason you want to update the BIOS. It's usually only needed if you are adding hardware that is not recognized by your current BIOS, such as a new CPU.

chocot

Thanks Mattlock,
Yes it's a self built PC; I can't get any update on the kobian site;
This is the Everest report:
Motherboard ID 62-0326-001131-00101111-040201-VIA_K7$KOBKM266_KOB KM266 FDSMx Release 03/26/2004
Motherboard Name Kobian KOB KM266 FDSMx; CPU Sockets/Slots 1 Socket 462; Motherboard Chipset KM266; Product Information http://www.kobian.com/products.php?categoryid=10 ; BIOS Download http://www.kobian.com/download.php?category_id=47
Chipset : North Bridge VIA VT8375 ProSavageDDR KM266; Driver Download http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2
BIOS Type AMI; System BIOS Date 03/26/04; Video BIOS Date 07/09/03; Company Name American Megatrends Inc; Product Information http://www.ami.com/amibios; BIOS Upgrades http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/in...m?refererid=40 ;
Suggestion System BIOS is more than 2 years old. Update it if necessary.
Suggestion Video BIOS is more than 2 years old. Update it if necessary.
There are 2 IDE , 1 for Hard Drive, second DVD Writer, the problem is that I can't add any hard driver or cd driver, when I add 1 hardware in one of the 2 IDE the PC do not start; the other problem is that when I change The Hard disk by a bigger of 120Gbte only sixty Gbte recognized; I have only 512 Mbte DDR memopry, when I change by 1 Gbte it recognizes 512 Mbte only.
This is the problem that I have.
I thank you for helping me.

mattlock

THe new site for your board is www.Mecury-PC.com. They have motherboard drivers but no BIOS update. I'm looking for the manual right now.

Your board might be able to see more than 512mb of RAM per DIMM slot. That would be a limitation of the motherboard and a BIOS update would not fix that.

On adding a second IDE device, make sure the jumpers on the back of the drives are set properly.
Hard Drives should be on the Primary IDE channel.
CD/DVD drives should be on the Secondary IDE channel.
The jumpers should be set to Master (MA) and Slave (SL). The Master should be connected to the end of the ribbon cable and the Slave to the middle connector.

Another options is Cable Select (CS). To use CS you must have 80 conductor ribbon cables and you put the drive you want to be the Master on the end of the ribbon cable and the Slave in the middle.

Tell me more about your hard drive.
How did you format it, FAT16,FAT32, NTFS?
What Operating system are you running?
Are you adding it as a storage drive or your boot drive?

mattlock

OK so I found the download page for your board, but the BIOS they have there is actually 2 yrs older than the one you have now.
http://www.mercury-pc.com/product-dr...p?productid=62

Also the board is limited to 1gb of RAM, with each DIMM slot accepting up to a 512mb RAM module. (2x512mb)
http://www.mercury-pc.com/product-spec.php?productid=62

chocot

Hello mattlock,
thanks for your help.
I have attached driver agent report.
I think with Driver agent there are new updates, but the problem is that updates are not free.
In kobian and Mercury site there are no new update.
I have only one Hard Disk of 40 GB installed and partitionned in to 20GB
and formated in NTFS.
I shall try the memory 1Gb.
The problem with the IDE still same; configuration of cable and jumper are installed as you said.
Have a look to Driver agent report; I think you can have an idea how to get new update.
regards.

Attached Files

DriverAgent scan report.zip (27.8 KB, 0 views)

chocot

The IDE1 only the Hard Disk
The IDE2 with only one Driver (DVDWr or CDWr) it works perfectly.
when I add a second driver in The IDE2 (install and connect as you told me), the PC does not start, or it works for some minutes and it freezes.