I'm helping my brother with a newly purchased used computer.
The motherboard is a MSI 5169 running an AMD 500 Mhz cpu.  The BIOS version
on it at
present is 3.3.  I have two questions.
First, is there a more recent version of BIOS for this motherboard?
Second, I have installed a 60 Ghz hard drive to replace the 10 Ghz hard
drive that
was in it.  The problem is that I have not, as of yet, been able to get the
two drives
to work as a master-slave combo.  And, this is a strange side-note, the 60
Ghz hd is
only recognized temperally(sp?).  For instance, after I had loaded all of
the operating
system and associated software for my brother, the next time that I
rebooted and
every time since then, the 60 Ghz hd hasn't been seen by the BIOS!!!!
Soooooo, what happened to the internal recognition of the 60 Ghz hd?  What
did I do
wrong?  Is it that the BIOS is not the most recent?   Of course, that
brings it back to
my first question!
Thank you for your time and help.

Gerald

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