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Compaq Deskpro EN series Hard Drive Question
Hi - I've an old Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 and am thinking about getting a 40gb
hard drive. Does anyone know if I`m likely to suffer a 32gb limitation with the BIOS of this machine as its of 1998 vintage. Will I need a BIOS update or drive overlay software ? Thanks for your help. -- And to all those opposed... Hmm...well |
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Compaq Deskpro EN series Hard Drive Question
It's probable that the system will have a 32GB limitation. The best way to
overcome the limit is an add-in disk controller card with its own disk BIOS that effectively replaces the one on the motherboard. A BIOS update from Compaq, if available, is unlikely to help... Ben Myers On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:17:06 -0000, "Nick Le Lievre" wrote: Hi - I've an old Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 and am thinking about getting a 40gb hard drive. Does anyone know if I`m likely to suffer a 32gb limitation with the BIOS of this machine as its of 1998 vintage. Will I need a BIOS update or drive overlay software ? Thanks for your help. |
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Compaq Deskpro EN series Hard Drive Question
Nick Le Lievrewrote:
Hi - I've an old Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 and am thinking about getting a 40gb hard drive. Does anyone know if I`m likely to suffer a 32gb limitation with the BIOS of this machine as its of 1998 vintage. Will I need a BIOS update or drive overlay software ? Thanks for your help. -- And to all those opposed... Hmm...well I agree with Ben... |
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Compaq Deskpro EN series Hard Drive Question
På Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:17:06 +0100, skrev Nick Le Lievre
: Hi - I've an old Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 and am thinking about getting a 40gb hard drive. Does anyone know if I`m likely to suffer a 32gb limitation with the BIOS of this machine as its of 1998 vintage. Will I need a BIOS update or drive overlay software ? Thanks for your help. -- And to all those opposed... Hmm...well I think your manual is he http://tinyurl.com/dcaf9 The last ROMPAQ he http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/fi...load/9251.html Says among other things: "Enhancements - Enhances reporting of hard drive greater than 64 GB." I'm not sure if this means that it is only *reporting*. I guess somebody here can interpret that for the commoners? -- JP Loken Opera e-mail: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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Compaq Deskpro EN series Hard Drive Question
"JP Loken" wrote in message
newsp.s3z3vcxprsiawo@jp... På Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:17:06 +0100, skrev Nick Le Lievre : I think your manual is he http://tinyurl.com/dcaf9 The last ROMPAQ he http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/fi...load/9251.html Says among other things: "Enhancements - Enhances reporting of hard drive greater than 64 GB." I'm not sure if this means that it is only *reporting*. I guess somebody here can interpret that for the commoners? I would say it means there is no 32gb limit and the last ROMPAQ officially supports hard drives greater than 64gb. |
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