If you have a system running a 500 mhz cpu, it is quite old.  There probably is an update for the BIOS which you'd find at the MSI web site. But even an update for a mobo that old may not allow you to see a 60 Gig HD. I hope your brother didn't pay too much for the used computer as you may have to do some serious updates.

>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!
>>

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