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i had one of those cards in my old system. i used to get the press f2 message which took me into the card bios but not the f1 message. i am running xp pro though how did you go installing the card in xp? i had to make a floppy disk to install the drivers when installing xp i tried the...

okay i just had a system up and running perfectly using an ide controller card. here's what i suggest: 1) as above copy the driver files for the card to a floppy disk.xp setup for some reason seems to only check the floppy drive for the drivers. 2) connect the drive to the controller card and...

hp did have a utility called top tools which allows remote flashing etc try the support section at hp.com

watch out for single or double sided sticks too. That can make a difference sometimes.

CDRWS can be used as a floppy provided you have the packet writing software installed on your system. for example: incd Nero and easy cd creator both have packet writing software as part of the package. I have had some success reformatting cdrws and reusing them but as richinminn said the...

hi jackinoz, that would be great. If you want to put a big hard drive in the system with this mobo you will need it get an pci ide controller card. This setup works perfectly I am running a 40GB hdd instead of the 4GB. if i can be of help give me a yell :-) Stu

me again , I have fired off an email to msi on october 2 but the silence has been deafening! the maximum fsb for the board is 83mhz only seems good to me for overclocking. the system seems fine after 3 weeks running at 411mhz no stability problems at all. If i take it any higher the crappy...

hardknox, regarding the ram issue here is the link to the msi support page for this mobo says very clearly 768mb ram. also you will notice the difference in the cpu support between the site and the manual. go figure eh and i thought hp's were bad...

Hi Hardknox, am I right in guessing a p2 would work ok? if so what would be the fastest p2? it is a socket 370 mobo the fsb overclock options only go to 83mhz i think from memory.(66,68,73,83 i think) I do have the existing celeron 400 playing ball ok at 411mhz.I thought it may work...

It seems we all have differing info. I have a manual for the mobo that says it can only handle 384mb ram from msi yet their updated website says 768mb which is correct?. there is also a difference in the cpu support the manual says 466 and faster the new site says up to 466 i tried a 733 but no...

would 1.3 fix a shutdown issue i now have since changing from win me tp xp pro i now have to shut the machine down using the power button . ;-) Stu

thanks I will send 'em an email cheers ;-) Stu

Hi, Does anyone have a newr bios for the ms 6161 motherboard? the version I have is: Award Modular Bios v5.41 PG 03/30/1999-i440lx-w977-2a69jm40c-00 ipex neon (ms 6161) bios v.1.2 I have found version 1.3 on driver guide for an lg ibm machine with the same mobo. the date is november 1999...