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Will I be able to run an ATA/100 hard drive on my 1998 motherboard?<br>
Would upgrading the BIOS be of any benefit?<br>
Does upgrading the BIOS dangerous in terms of OS and data already on the
hard drive?<br>
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Elitegroup P6BX-A+ motherboard<br>
Award BIOS v4.51PG<br>
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(the following information is from: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/reviews/193/1/"><http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/reviews/193/1/></a>)<br>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">The specifications of
the P6BX-A+ are as follows: </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><li>Chipset: Intel 440BX
processor </li>
<li>CPU: Intel Celeron, Pentium II & Pentium III </li>
<li>Bios: Award</li>
<li>RAM: 3 DIMM - Max 768MB</li>
<li>Slot: 2 ISA, 5 PCI, 1 ISA/PCI shared and 1 AGP</li>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> I/O: </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><li>One - EPP/ECP mode
parallel port </li>
<li>Two - 16550 high-speed serial I/O ports </li>
<li>Supports 360K~2.88M Byte, 3 Mode FDDs or LS120 </li>
<li>Dual PCI IDE interfaces - PIO mode 4, DMA Mode 2, Ultra DMA 33</li>
<li>PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors </li>
<li>ATX Power Supply Connector </li>
<li>Two USB connectors</li>
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