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Old December 18th 03, 06:33 PM
Rob
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Hello,

I have a GA - 71XE4 motherboard does anyone know the max size hard drive
that can be fitted?

Thanks.


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Old December 18th 03, 09:30 PM
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Rob wrote:
Hello,

I have a GA - 71XE4 motherboard does anyone know the max size hard
drive that can be fitted?


Yep. Gigabyte do.
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Old December 18th 03, 11:17 PM
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"Rob" wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a GA - 71XE4 motherboard does anyone know the max size hard drive
that can be fitted?


The maximum size of the harddrive you can install depends on your case, not
your mainboard....

....or are you talking about capacity?

: )


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Old December 19th 03, 05:35 PM
Rob
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Hello,

I was talking about capacity.

Thanks.

"Noozer" wrote in message
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"Rob" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a GA - 71XE4 motherboard does anyone know the max size hard drive
that can be fitted?


The maximum size of the harddrive you can install depends on your case,

not
your mainboard....

...or are you talking about capacity?

: )




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Old December 19th 03, 08:08 PM
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:35:42 +0000 (UTC), "Rob"
wrote:

71XE4


On Gigabyte's site there was a FAQ about supporting HDD over 80GB,
with this link:
http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/...AQ/FAQ_262.htm


I would expect that with the latest BIOS it can support a minimum of
137GB (as manufacturer labels them, or 128 true GB), maybe even 160GB.


Dave
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Old December 19th 03, 09:23 PM
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kony wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:35:42 +0000 (UTC), "Rob"
wrote:

71XE4


On Gigabyte's site there was a FAQ about supporting HDD over 80GB,
with this link:
http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/...AQ/FAQ_262.htm

I would expect that with the latest BIOS it can support a minimum of
137GB (as manufacturer labels them, or 128 true GB), maybe even 160GB.

Dave


The limit at 128GiB, (~137.4GB), (268435456 sectors), is due to the
28 bit LBA's limitation. The new BIOS updates avoid this limit.

160GB is not the next BIOS limit. There are 250GB drives available.

WindowsXP requires SP1, and Windows 2000 requires SP3 with 48 bit
LBA address drivers to exceed the 137GB limit.

Windows98, WindowsME, and Windows NT 4.x, are limited to 137GB
without third party device drivers.

Virg Wall
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