hard drive

adams · #1 16th Jul 01, 11:26 PM

I was going to put a 40gb hd into my system but read that it didn't support hds over 30gb without a disk utility. It is a seagate hd. I went to their website and dl disk manager but that didn't install, so it didn't fisk the problem. Can anyone help me? I really need this hd, I ran out of room on my 20. thanks.

#2 16th Jul 01, 11:31 PM

What kind of motherboard do you have(model)?

Have you updated to the latest bios version on it?

Big POPPA Pump · #3 17th Jul 01, 01:40 AM

Download the latest bios for your Mobo and then Try flashing your bios. This should normally work and support HD's upto 75 Gigs.

adams · #4 18th Jul 01, 10:39 PM

flashing it wont mess anything up will it? I have never done it before.

VP · #5 19th Jul 01, 10:49 AM

While u r getting the new version of your bios. Also get the same one your running now. Just in case the new 1 does not like your hardware. That way u can always get things back to normal. I found out the hard way.

Just my 2 cents.

VP

[ July 19, 2001 10:51 AM: This post was recently edited by VP CSCDI ]

greypigeon · #6 19th Jul 01, 04:25 PM

My friend had the same problem !
When your Mobo is more than 2 years old, there will probably no more Bios updates !!
If you have an Award bios, and you flash it,
it is possible to backup your Old bios

just_do_IT · #7 21st Jul 01, 02:19 PM

Flashing is dangerous!

If you don't know what you are doing, I would spend the 5-10 bucks and get a tech to do it for you....and sometimes they will let you watch how its done so you can do it yourself nextime. I learned the hard way, but luckly i found another identical board with original bios and was able to jump the board I screwed up.

adams · #8 21st Jul 01, 06:14 PM

Well the computer shop couldn't do the job either. I just got it back home and found some info that said to set the jumper on pins 1&2 to limit the 40gb to 32gb. It found the drive and booted into windows. Under windows it says its 38162.1mb so I guess it worked. About to format and will be serving some stuff this week. Thanks for all your help.

adams · #9 22nd Jul 01, 04:02 PM

ok I have another question about this hard drive. Currently I have my 40gb set as slave and nothing set as master. My question is about the jumper settings. pins 7&8 = master, slave = no jumpers, 7&8 & 5&6 = master w/non ATA compatible slave, 5&6 = cable select, and 1&2 = limit drive capacity 40gb equals 32gb. I know that I have to leave the jumper on pins 1&2, but can i also put a jumper on pins 7&8 so it is set to master? Or can I just set my 20gb to slave and leave my 40gb on pins 1&2 to limit drive capacity? thanks.