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I am using a tyan 2885 mother board dual 244 opterons 4 gigs corsair
memory. I am using a highpoint 1820 raid card not on board raid controller,
dual boot xp mirrored and xp 64 mirrored.

The question is I am not using current bios for mother board or raid
controller and would like to update them. Tyan says I will have to reinstall
operating systems which is something I would like to avoid. Xp pro 32 runs
beautifully as does xp 64 with a wmi error message. annoying but it does
not seem to be doing anything. newer bios are supposed to fix it.
Thanks

I think it's fairly unlikely that you'll have to do a full re-install, but
by all means back everything up, just in case. Changing the BIOS on the mobo
shouldn't cause an issue with being able to see your disks or changing how
they are accessed, since you're using a 3rd party RAID controller. Changing
the BIOS on the RAID controller? Potentially, I can see how it might cause
an issue that required re-mirroring the drives.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Matt Schneyer wrote:
> I am using a tyan 2885 mother board dual 244 opterons 4 gigs corsair
> memory. I am using a highpoint 1820 raid card not on board raid
> controller, dual boot xp mirrored and xp 64 mirrored.
>
> The question is I am not using current bios for mother board or raid
> controller and would like to update them. Tyan says I will have to
> reinstall operating systems which is something I would like to avoid. Xp
> pro 32 runs beautifully as does xp 64 with a wmi error message. annoying
> but it does not seem to be doing anything. newer bios are supposed to fix
> it. Thanks

Hi
The reinstall requirement is only for those using a boot drive connected
to the onboard sata raid controller, since you are using another
controller, you should be fine. Just make sure that you write down all
of your bios settings first and then follow their procedure for both
updating the bios and clearing cmos afterward.
Cheers

Matt Schneyer wrote:
> I am using a tyan 2885 mother board dual 244 opterons 4 gigs corsair
> memory. I am using a highpoint 1820 raid card not on board raid controller,
> dual boot xp mirrored and xp 64 mirrored.
>
> The question is I am not using current bios for mother board or raid
> controller and would like to update them. Tyan says I will have to reinstall
> operating systems which is something I would like to avoid. Xp pro 32 runs
> beautifully as does xp 64 with a wmi error message. annoying but it does
> not seem to be doing anything. newer bios are supposed to fix it.
> Thanks
>
>

thanks for the response. need to locate a XP dos disk windows 98 does
not work, will keep you posted as to my luck
"Ward Taylor" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
> The reinstall requirement is only for those using a boot drive connected
> to the onboard sata raid controller, since you are using another
> controller, you should be fine. Just make sure that you write down all of
> your bios settings first and then follow their procedure for both updating
> the bios and clearing cmos afterward.
> Cheers
>
> Matt Schneyer wrote:
>> I am using a tyan 2885 mother board dual 244 opterons 4 gigs corsair
>> memory. I am using a highpoint 1820 raid card not on board raid
>> controller, dual boot xp mirrored and xp 64 mirrored.
>>
>> The question is I am not using current bios for mother board or raid
>> controller and would like to update them. Tyan says I will have to
>> reinstall operating systems which is something I would like to avoid. Xp
>> pro 32 runs beautifully as does xp 64 with a wmi error message. annoying
>> but it does not seem to be doing anything. newer bios are supposed to fix
>> it. Thanks

In the event, a repair install should fix precisely this issue, no???


Tony. . .


"Matt Schneyer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> thanks for the response. need to locate a XP dos disk windows 98 does
> not work, will keep you posted as to my luck
> "Ward Taylor" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi
>> The reinstall requirement is only for those using a boot drive connected
>> to the onboard sata raid controller, since you are using another
>> controller, you should be fine. Just make sure that you write down all
>> of your bios settings first and then follow their procedure for both
>> updating the bios and clearing cmos afterward.
>> Cheers
>>
>> Matt Schneyer wrote:
>>> I am using a tyan 2885 mother board dual 244 opterons 4 gigs corsair
>>> memory. I am using a highpoint 1820 raid card not on board raid
>>> controller, dual boot xp mirrored and xp 64 mirrored.
>>>
>>> The question is I am not using current bios for mother board or raid
>>> controller and would like to update them. Tyan says I will have to
>>> reinstall operating systems which is something I would like to avoid.
>>> Xp pro 32 runs beautifully as does xp 64 with a wmi error message.
>>> annoying but it does not seem to be doing anything. newer bios are
>>> supposed to fix it. Thanks
>
>

Only if the new RAID bios hasn't made the old configuration unreadable,
requiring a rebuild of the array.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Tony Sperling wrote:
> In the event, a repair install should fix precisely this issue, no???
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "Matt Schneyer" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> thanks for the response. need to locate a XP dos disk windows 98
>> does not work, will keep you posted as to my luck
>> "Ward Taylor" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi
>>> The reinstall requirement is only for those using a boot drive connected
>>> to the onboard sata raid controller, since you are using another
>>> controller, you should be fine. Just make sure that you write down all
>>> of your bios settings first and then follow their procedure for both
>>> updating the bios and clearing cmos afterward.
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Matt Schneyer wrote:
>>>> I am using a tyan 2885 mother board dual 244 opterons 4 gigs corsair
>>>> memory. I am using a highpoint 1820 raid card not on board raid
>>>> controller, dual boot xp mirrored and xp 64 mirrored.
>>>>
>>>> The question is I am not using current bios for mother board or raid
>>>> controller and would like to update them. Tyan says I will have to
>>>> reinstall operating systems which is something I would like to avoid.
>>>> Xp pro 32 runs beautifully as does xp 64 with a wmi error message.
>>>> annoying but it does not seem to be doing anything. newer bios are
>>>> supposed to fix it. Thanks

Oh, yes. I see!

Thanks.


Tony. . .


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Only if the new RAID bios hasn't made the old configuration unreadable,
> requiring a rebuild of the array.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>
> Tony Sperling wrote:
> > In the event, a repair install should fix precisely this issue, no???
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> > "Matt Schneyer" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> thanks for the response. need to locate a XP dos disk windows 98
> >> does not work, will keep you posted as to my luck
> >> "Ward Taylor" <> wrote in message
> >> news:...
> >>> Hi
> >>> The reinstall requirement is only for those using a boot drive
connected
> >>> to the onboard sata raid controller, since you are using another
> >>> controller, you should be fine. Just make sure that you write down
all
> >>> of your bios settings first and then follow their procedure for both
> >>> updating the bios and clearing cmos afterward.
> >>> Cheers
> >>>
> >>> Matt Schneyer wrote:
> >>>> I am using a tyan 2885 mother board dual 244 opterons 4 gigs
corsair
> >>>> memory. I am using a highpoint 1820 raid card not on board raid
> >>>> controller, dual boot xp mirrored and xp 64 mirrored.
> >>>>
> >>>> The question is I am not using current bios for mother board or raid
> >>>> controller and would like to update them. Tyan says I will have to
> >>>> reinstall operating systems which is something I would like to avoid.
> >>>> Xp pro 32 runs beautifully as does xp 64 with a wmi error message.
> >>>> annoying but it does not seem to be doing anything. newer bios are
> >>>> supposed to fix it. Thanks
>
>

tried updating bios that went fine could still see raid controller could
not boot into windows XP pro 32 but could into XP 64. reflashed bios all is
back where it was thanks for the help but I will stay where I am. Updated
bios did not correct what I thought they would so nothing lost but a couple
of anxious hours trying to get back to ground zero. thanks for the input you
all were correct Tyan bios did not work for me. Thanks again
"Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Oh, yes. I see!
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Only if the new RAID bios hasn't made the old configuration unreadable,
>> requiring a rebuild of the array.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>
>> Tony Sperling wrote:
>> > In the event, a repair install should fix precisely this issue, no???
>> >
>> >
>> > Tony. . .
>> >
>> >
>> > "Matt Schneyer" <> wrote in message
>> > news:...
>> >> thanks for the response. need to locate a XP dos disk windows 98
>> >> does not work, will keep you posted as to my luck
>> >> "Ward Taylor" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:...
>> >>> Hi
>> >>> The reinstall requirement is only for those using a boot drive
> connected
>> >>> to the onboard sata raid controller, since you are using another
>> >>> controller, you should be fine. Just make sure that you write down
> all
>> >>> of your bios settings first and then follow their procedure for both
>> >>> updating the bios and clearing cmos afterward.
>> >>> Cheers
>> >>>
>> >>> Matt Schneyer wrote:
>> >>>> I am using a tyan 2885 mother board dual 244 opterons 4 gigs
> corsair
>> >>>> memory. I am using a highpoint 1820 raid card not on board raid
>> >>>> controller, dual boot xp mirrored and xp 64 mirrored.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The question is I am not using current bios for mother board or raid
>> >>>> controller and would like to update them. Tyan says I will have to
>> >>>> reinstall operating systems which is something I would like to
>> >>>> avoid.
>> >>>> Xp pro 32 runs beautifully as does xp 64 with a wmi error message.
>> >>>> annoying but it does not seem to be doing anything. newer bios are
>> >>>> supposed to fix it. Thanks
>>
>>
>
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