Re: Updating BIOS

David wrote:
>> David wrote:
>>
>>> I'll work through all suggestions, I do have a new, spare 160Gig
>>> drive so I can try a clean install on that and see how it turns out.
>>
>> If you're going to use that drive on the a7v133, it's smart to
>> update bios first.
>>
> There are 2 of them already installed, have been using them for a year
> or so with no problems. Will I see some significant changes if I
> update the BIOS?

Well, latest beta BIOS says it adds support for 48bit LBA for disks over
128GB.


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