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Old September 26th 09, 01:09 AM posted to comp.sys.laptops,comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Jimmy Roberts
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Default 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
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Old September 26th 09, 01:10 AM posted to comp.sys.laptops,comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Rod Speed
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Default 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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Old September 26th 09, 08:43 PM posted to comp.sys.laptops,comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Maxim S. Shatskih[_2_]
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Default Replacing an OEM Mobo...

This ancient a motherboard can easily have BIOS issues with drives 128GB

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"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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Old September 26th 09, 10:43 PM posted to comp.sys.laptops,comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Rod Speed
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Default 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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Old September 26th 09, 11:07 PM posted to comp.sys.laptops,comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Jimmy Roberts
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Default 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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Old September 27th 09, 12:40 AM posted to comp.sys.laptops,comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Rod Speed
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Default 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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Old September 27th 09, 12:52 AM posted to comp.sys.laptops,comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Maxim S. Shatskih[_2_]
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Should that give me a greater sense of security?

Surely yes.

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Old September 27th 09, 01:31 AM posted to comp.sys.laptops,comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Barry Watzman
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Default 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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Old September 27th 09, 04:00 AM posted to comp.sys.laptops,comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Franc Zabkar
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Default 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

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Old September 28th 09, 07:31 AM posted to comp.sys.laptops,comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Andy
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Default 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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