Do I really need to upgrade my BIOS??

Hello,
First of all thanks for your help. I have a 865PE Neo2 P Series MS-6728 PCBv2 with the 3.80 BIOS. I just bought a Hitachi 160GB 8mb cache hard drive. My hard drive is showing up as 128GB available space after format. Do I have to upgrade my BIOS to fix this? I know the 3.A BIOS adds support for drives over 136GB. I thought support for larger drives came with Windows XP Pro SP1? I am running Windows XP Pro SP2. The last time I tried upgrading my BIOS in DOS I had to RMA my mobo. So you can understand why I am reluctant and trying to cover all bases. If I have to upgrade my BIOS to 3.A can I do it from within Windows this time? Is this safer? Which way has a higher success rate. I don't have a replacement if I cook this board.
Thanks,
MD

Most importantly, is to try this regedit keys provided by Microsoft to enable Big LBA Mode.
The following conditions are necessary for the correct functioning of 48-bit LBA ATAPI support:
• A computer with a 48-bit LBA-compatible Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) installed.
• A computer with a hard disk that has a capacity of greater than 137 gigabytes (GB).
• You must enable the support in the Windows registry by adding or changing the EnableBigLba registry value to 1 in the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters
To enable 48-bit LBA large-disk support in the registry:
1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
2. Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters
3. On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value:
Value name: EnableBigLba
Data type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 0x1
4. Quit Registry Editor.

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