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Originally posted by koolkat
BIOS ID: 62-1005-001199-00101111-071595-IRONGATE-GA7IX002
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The "071595" in that ID string is the BIOS release date: July 15, 1995. That was definitely before the 8.3-GB limit was taken out.
You
may be able to flash your BIOS to a newer version, but doing so can be risky. If anything goes wrong during the process your computer could be reduced to an expensive paperweight. Nevertheless I've done it to one of my older systems, successfully.
If you want to research this approach, do a Google search for the maker and model number of your motherboard, and add "BIOS update" to the end of the search string. That should take you to at least one site that may include the necessary program and binary file, together with instructions on how to do it.
Not all BIOS chips can be flashed; older ones, especially, may be permanently programmed. However the one that I did a flash update on was an AMI from 1995 so there's a chance this can solve your problem if you want to take the risk. Incidentally if your motherboard's BIOS chip can't be flashed, the maker's site will tell you so (or simply won't mention your model number). If the site includes flash data for your mobo's model number then the chip is flashable.