I'm not sure this is a relvent thread, but I would uninstall in add remove control panel, drop into safe mode, run drivercleanerpro and then reinstall the omega drivers

The guy who makes the omega driver uses the most current ati drivers when he mods them and gets them up within hours of ati (he is a beta tester for ati), so you are not using "old drivers" when using Omega

Can I ask a small favor? i don't have any floppies, could someone make an ISO so i can flash from a CD?

NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE sager 5680, NO OTHER MODEL

http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/DOS6_22.iso

I did not test it, but it should work

sweet thanks

Thanks for hosting the bios update, still good and makes a world of a difference!

I needed to use this BIOS on a 5680/D500P motherboard and now when I try to install XP, the windows installation is telling me that the 80GB drive is only 6GB. On top of that, it can't even format the 6GB partition.

Any ideas?

once again, I am stunned that this thread is still alive and people still are downloading this bios. wow

There is no reason why this bios would effect your ability to format the drive or have windows read it as a 6gb drive. What does the bios screen tell you?

Where did this drive come from? Is it the original drive or a new drive? Was it originally installed by you with Windows or did it come with Window preinstalled

The BIOS screen is saying that the drive is 80GB. Which is why I find it odd that the Windows installaition says it's 6GB.

The drive is a blank replacement drive because the original drive failed about a month ago. It is not the original.

I plugged the drive into an IDE port on a desktop using a laptop-to-desk adapter and started an XP installation. The installer indicated that the drive was 80GB.

So why would the XP install indicate 6GB on the laptop after doing the BIOS flash?

It shouldn't...doesn't make sense unless the drive had been formatted previously in a non-standard way.

Since you have a 2.5 to 3.5 adapter, put it back in their and use disk management to partition and format it, then during the XP install on the new laptop, simply choose LEAVE DISK AS IS (the third option below format and quick format).

It was an OEM drive with no additional software. I used Acronis Disk Director while it was plugged in to desktop and formatted it but it still showed up as 6GB on the laptop. I also tried to use Acronis Disk Director to partition the drive on the laptop but it would not get past the loading stage. If I had another laptop drive, I could check to see if the problem is with the drive but since it appears to be read correctly when connected to a desktop motherboard, my only conclusion is that there is an issue with the laptop.

I even tried leaving the drive connected to the desktop and using the Windows install CD to format it. Upon returning the drive to the laptop, the installation still reflects a 6gb drive of an 'unknown' format type. There seems to be some sort of disconnect between what the BIOS sees and what Windows sees. Almost like there is some sort of hard drive interface issue.

Is there another BIOS version available? I have not been able to find one. The one on the manufacturer web site is for the wrong motherboard even though it claims it is for the 5680. When I used it, it turned the screen to gibberish. I had to make a floppy ISO with CD-ROM drivers and the 5680 BIOS from here to revert things back. But that's when the Windows install problem began. If I know the original BIOS version, I could try that.