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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV
Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? Thanks! Jimmy Roberts jkr1963.at.verizon.dot.net |
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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
Jimmy Roberts wrote:
My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? Any IDE drive will work fine. |
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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
This ancient a motherboard can easily have BIOS issues with drives 128GB
-- Maxim S. Shatskih Windows DDK MVP http://www.storagecraft.com "Jimmy Roberts" wrote in message ... My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? Thanks! Jimmy Roberts jkr1963.at.verizon.dot.net |
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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
Maxim S. Shatskih wrote:
This ancient a motherboard can easily have BIOS issues with drives 128GB That one doesnt. Jimmy Roberts wrote My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? |
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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
On Sep 26, 5:43*pm, "Rod Speed" wrote:
Maxim S. Shatskih wrote: This ancient a motherboard can easily have BIOS issues with drives 128GB That one doesnt. I currently have the 250-GB WD2500BB hard drive installed as a slave and Windows XP recognizes all 250 GB... Should that give me a greater sense of security? JKR |
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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
Jimmy Roberts wrote
Rod Speed wrote Maxim S. Shatskih wrote This ancient a motherboard can easily have BIOS issues with drives 128GB That one doesnt. I currently have the 250-GB WD2500BB hard drive installed as a slave and Windows XP recognizes all 250 GB... Should that give me a greater sense of security? Yes. |
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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
Should that give me a greater sense of security?
Surely yes. -- Maxim S. Shatskih Windows DDK MVP http://www.storagecraft.com |
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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
Probably; I'd say definitely if you are using more than 137GB
successfully. There are, however, situations in which the drive will be "recognized" as more than 137GB, but when you start writing to it (beyond the 137GB point), it "wraps" and destroys the drive (not physically, but the contents are lost). The simple fact that it sees the drive and reports it's full [but, so far, not actually used or accessed] capacity is not absolutely definitive. But it is a good sign. Jimmy Roberts wrote: On Sep 26, 5:43 pm, "Rod Speed" wrote: Maxim S. Shatskih wrote: This ancient a motherboard can easily have BIOS issues with drives 128GB That one doesnt. I currently have the 250-GB WD2500BB hard drive installed as a slave and Windows XP recognizes all 250 GB... Should that give me a greater sense of security? JKR |
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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:43:57 +0400, "Maxim S. Shatskih"
put finger to keyboard and composed: This ancient a motherboard can easily have BIOS issues with drives 128GB You can test for 48-bit LBA support in your BIOS using IDEINFO/HDINFO: http://www.48bitlba.com/hdinfodetails.htm - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:07:58 -0700 (PDT), Jimmy Roberts
wrote: On Sep 26, 5:43*pm, "Rod Speed" wrote: Maxim S. Shatskih wrote: This ancient a motherboard can easily have BIOS issues with drives 128GB That one doesnt. I currently have the 250-GB WD2500BB hard drive installed as a slave and Windows XP recognizes all 250 GB... Should that give me a greater sense of security? The bios is only used is to boot Windows XP, so you cannot draw any conclusion about the bios from a running Windows XP. In other words, Windows XP can support 48-bit LBA even if the bios does not. Conversely, pre-SP1 Windows XP supports only 28-bit LBA even if the bios supports 48-bit LBA. JKR |
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