MS-6119 board bios update

Hi,
Just inherited a Fujitsu PIII 500 PC and it is a bit old and weary.
Want to freshen it up with new memory, hard disk etc.
Before I start, just want to check that if I flash with v2.9 that I will be able to install a 120Gb hard drive in it to replace the current 10Gb drive.
At the moment, it appears to be running a 1.x bios version - is there anything I should be wary about when flashing (can I just run the .exe file that I downloaded from this site)
Also, is there any way of making it support 512Mb DIMMS or is it maxed out at 256Mb?
Cheers

is it a standard or pnp board
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=105&kind=1
standard has little dip switches for multiplier
the exe.fle is just a rar/zip type  file containing the bios and the flash utility
with win rar just right click and extract it  
no you cannot just run it to flash the bios

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    BIOS Version Version 07.00T
    Firmware Version 101.114
    BIOS Date 04/02/01
    BIOS Size 256 KB
    BIOS Starting Segment F000h
    DMI Version 2.3
    Characteristics
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    supports MCA No
    supports EISA No
    supports PCI Yes
    supports PC Card (PCMCIA) No
    supports Plug-and-Play Yes
    supports APM Yes
    upgradeable (Flash) BIOS Yes
    allows BIOS shadowing Yes
    supports VL-VESA No
    ESCD support is available Yes
    supports booting from CD-ROM Yes
    supports selectable boot Yes
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    supports Enhanced Disk Drive specification Yes
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    supports INT 13 5.25-inch/1.2M floppy services Yes
    supports INT 13 3.5-inch/720K floppy services Yes
    supports INT 13 3.5-inch/2.88M floppy services Yes
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    supports INT 09 and 8042 keyboard services Yes
    supports INT 14 serial services No
    supports INT 17 printer servicesYes
    supports INT 10 CGA/Mono video services Yes
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    supports ACPI Yes
    supports legacy USB Yes
    supports AGP Yes
    supports booting from I2O device No
    supports booting from LS-120 Yes
    supports booting from ATAPI ZIP drive Yes
    supports booting from IEEE 1394 deviceNo
    Smart Battery supported No
    BIOS Boot Specification supported Yes
    Function key-initiated Network Service boot supported No
    Enable Targeted Content Distribution No
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    2.   Why is Live Update 5 not reporting the status correctly and is there anything I can do to correct this.
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    Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (Microsoft Corporation)
    Code Name NV34
    Video Processor GeForce FX 5200
    Technology 0.15 0m
    Adapter DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
    PCI ID 0x10DE / 0x0322 (nVidia Corporation / GeForce FX 5200 [NV34.3])
    PCI sub ID 0x1462 / 0x9360 (Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. / MS-8936 (FX5200-T128))
    Memory128 MBytes
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    BIOS Date 08/01/03
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    Video Mode Description 1440 x 900 x 4294967296 colors
    Driver Version 6.14.10.5673
    Driver Date 2004-08-03 22:29:56
    DirectX DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
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    Driver Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (Microsoft Corporation)
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    Memory Summary Reported by BIOS
    Warning! Wrong values reported by BIOS
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    Maximum Memory Module Size 1024 MBytes
    Memory Slots [unknown]
    Error Correction
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    Device Locator Slot 1
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    Capacity 512 MBytes
    Memory Type DDR (PC3200)
    Speed 200 MHz
    Supported Frequencies 166.7 MHz, 200.0 MHz
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    Memory Timings 2-3-3-8-0 at 200.0 MHz, at 2.5 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
    Data Width 64 bits
    EPP SPD Support No
    XMP SPD Support No
    Device Locator Slot 2
    Manufacturer Silicon Technology
    Capacity 512 MBytes
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    Speed 200 MHz
    Supported Frequencies 166.7 MHz, 200.0 MHz
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    Memory Timings 2-3-3-8-0 at 200.0 MHz, at 2.5 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
    Data Width 64 bits
    EPP SPD Support No
    XMP SPD Support No
    Hope someone can advise me on this.
    Cheers.

    Sorry for cross-posting to another forum, but this has got me in a twizzle
    http://www.windowsbbs.com/pc-hardware/89688-need-ram-recommendations-msi-kt4v-l-2.html#post493343
    According to the poster (Post #30), the KT4V-L can support 3gB DDR400. 
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    Edit 2: Oh, boy, so there is a separate product listing for the KT4V-L v1.1:
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    I'm glad to hear it's just a simple memory error, however the original problem in this post is a bit more than just a memory problem.
    This became a problem after a BIOS update, so somewhere along the way one of Lenovo's developer screwed up badly, and it's been bugging me ever since. There's absolutely no way for me to use any PCI-e card with my M92p. 
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