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by bainbridge

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After applying a BIOS update I am getting a message saying 'Ultra100 Bios not installed' to which the machine freezes. It does not continue with F1. I have reset CMOS and checked every setting in the BIOS. Has anyone had a similar problem ro or could offer any help? The mobo is an ATA100 694D PRO (Award Modular v6.00)

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by house

I've never had to deal with that bios. I have had similar problems though, all I did was flash with a previous release.

by willcomp

More appropriate forum for you question is Ask For Help section, but I'll respond anyway.

BIOS referred to is a Promise Ultra 100 IDE controller. If it does not find an IDE HDD attached, the message you describe is displayed. Assuming that your boot drive is connected to the Promise controller, the boot drive is not being recognized and bootup stops.

Post back in appropriate forum if you need more help.

Dalton

by willcomp

See you found Ask for Help and that TheChas has given you a good answer. I can't add much to his response.

Sounds like you have a sticky problem.

But do reflash BIOS with original if you saved a copy.

Dalton

by gralfus

If there is no hard drive attached to the controller, it will give this message. I tried to run only CD drives and got this message and everything ran in PIO mode.

by bainbridge

Appreciate the reply. I have tried all 4 ide ports with the HDD but still no joy. This has only happened after a bios update (correct one).

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