Flashing BIOS question—update the BIOS by using the two floppy methods
1. Please update BIOS to v1.2C attached and flash the BIOS under DOS mode.
2After flash finished, please access BIOS Setup to enable "Onchip SATA Device" of "Integrated P eripherals".
3. Then the SATA HDD should be detected on POST."
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We are discouraging you because flashing the bios is the riskiest thing you can do to a computer !
You could easily end up with a mboard that WILL NOT BOOT even if you do everything right !
Flash chips can only be flashed a small number of times and sometimes they physically fail the FIRST time you attempt to flash the bios !
By the way many ECS mboards were / are actually made by Hsing Tech, who market their own models retail as PCChips models.
Hsing Tech / PCChips mboards are well known to sometimes have used the cheapest possible flash chips when they were made, and those are a lot more likely to physically fail while flashing!
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HOWEVER, you may already have that bios version!
How do I know the model name and version of the motherboard?

A: Please look for the model name & version near the PCI Express slot or memory DIMM socket as below.
 
How do I know the BIOS version of the motherboard?
A: Please look for the BIOS version on the screen when you boot up the computer as follows.
 

How do I know the serial number of the motherboard?
A:
(a) Please look for the serial number near the parallel port on the motherboard as below. It includes one letter +five numbers + one letter + eight numbers.