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The new bios should support autodetecting the hard drive. Boot to the BIOS setup screen and select autodetect. If it detects the drive correctly and doesn't underreport the drive size, you're in business.
If the computer locks up during autodetect or simply ignores the drive completely, the bios is not capable of reading the drive. If autodetect is not an option, try to manually enter the drive parameters into the user defined fields (cylinder, heads, sectors, etc.).
It is possible to work around bios limitations through drive overlays, alternate drive jumper settings, etc. These are useless. A better solution is to find the right bios image for your motherboard and reflash the bios.
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