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Old July 17th 07, 02:42 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
spodosaurus
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Default Western Digital 500gb problem

wrote:
Both BIOSes are up to date. And looking through the update information
neither company provides updates specifically to address 48bit data
transfer or large hard drives. Could it be a problem with the ribbon
cables? I'm really quite stumped about why the 240 and 200 Gb drives
work, and the larger drives don't.

I remember using a zero write program from a linux disk,


What version of windows are you using, and is it fully up to date with
service packs and motherboard drivers?

and only then
was I able to "see" the Maxtor's full 400Gb. Unfortunately I was a
klutz at using the program and couldn't figure out how to fix my
problem. Can't remember what it was called either.



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