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P2B-F with >160G ATA HD?
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Wanting to make a move on this kind of big ATA disk. Before that would like to confirm it is doable with +ve experience. In case I need to upgrade my BIOS to gain visibility to this kind of BIG disk, would appreciate a not on the release. Thanks |
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Not possible , that I'm aware of.
-- DaveW "( aka iCefoX )" wrote in message ... Hi, Wanting to make a move on this kind of big ATA disk. Before that would like to confirm it is doable with +ve experience. In case I need to upgrade my BIOS to gain visibility to this kind of BIG disk, would appreciate a not on the release. Thanks |
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Hi, Wanting to make a move on this kind of big ATA disk. Before that would like to confirm it is doable with +ve experience. In case I need to upgrade my BIOS to gain visibility to this kind of BIG disk, would appreciate a not on the release. Thanks There is a FAQ he http://www.asuscom.de/support/FAQ/fa...gb_ide_hdd.htm The P2B series is covered by the "P2..." in the second group of motherboards. It says "bis einschl. 128 GB", whereas the others say "Uber 128GB", so I would say a 120GB drive is the largest you could use. The middle column says "Aktuelle Beta", meaning you would need the latest (beta) BIOS to make it work with up to a 120GB drive. FAQ076 mentions some other limits, like 32GB/64GB, and I don't know if some older version of BIOS for your board would have had those limits or not. In any case, using the latest (beta) BIOS should give you the ability to use a 120GB drive. If you want a larger drive, or perhaps a bit more performance, find an Ultra133 controller card that accepts ATA or ATAPI devices. I have one from Promise, and a Promise clone that Maxtor was selling at one time. Handy to have, when you have an older motherboard. Generally Ultra133 PCI cards are associated with 48bit IDE capability (features came out in the same version of standard, so I'm told), so you don't really need to check the status of big disk support - it should just work, with WinXP SP1 for example. If you find an Ultra100 PCI card, then you'll need to search the BIOS/driver download web page for the product, to see which release of BIOS+driver is needed to handle disks larger than 128GB (binary gigabytes) / 137GB (decimal, disk manufacturer gigabytes). Don't buy an old Ultra100 PCI card until you've researched it first. HTH, Paul |
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( aka iCefoX ) schrieb:
Hi, Wanting to make a move on this kind of big ATA disk. Before that would like to confirm it is doable with +ve experience. You havw two choices: a) IF (drive_bootable = no & performance_reqd = low): Attach drive to onboard IDE controller, set respective position to NONE in BIOS setup. Make sure OS can handle 48 bit LBA (Win2k: SP4 plus a registry entry, see 48bitlba.com or somesuch). b) IF (drive_bootable = yes OR performance_reqd = high): Buy decent reliable UDMA100/133 controller with 48 bit LBA support. I recommend the Promise Ultra100 TX2, which is a solid choice if shipped with at least BIOS 2.20.0.14 (if older, update) and used with current Windows drivers (such as 2.00 b42). In case I need to upgrade my BIOS to gain visibility to this kind of BIG disk, would appreciate a not on the release. It never hurts to have 1014 beta 3, which is the last BIOS version. Stephan -- Meine Andere Seite: http://stephan.win31.de/ PC#6: i440BX, 1xP3-500E, 512 MiB, 18+80 GB, R9k AGP 64 MiB, 110W This is a SCSI-inside, Legacy-plus, TCPA-free computer Mail to From: not read, see homepg. | Real gelesene Mailadr. s. Homep. |
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"( aka iCefoX )" wrote in message ... Hi, Wanting to make a move on this kind of big ATA disk. Before that would like to confirm it is doable with +ve experience. In case I need to upgrade my BIOS to gain visibility to this kind of BIG disk, would appreciate a not on the release. Thanks I don't think you can do this directly. You could use a seperate controller with it's own BIOS, but if my memory is correct, the actual chipset on the P2B, has an upper limit on it's own IDE controller, of 128MB. Best Wishes |
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