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| Thread ID: 54204 | 2005-02-06 21:58:00 | Mature though healthy Mobo seeks capacious young HD , the compatability question. | Organicpete (133) | Press F1 |
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| 322105 | 2005-02-06 21:58:00 | Hi Guys, My dear old Giga-Byte VT82C693/A is hankering for more than a 10 Gigger . We hear that 80 might not be supported but 40 might be the go... How do I find out please? tried a few searches to no avail... Any clues please ? :) Pete win98se/p3/550/256k |
Organicpete (133) | ||
| 322106 | 2005-02-06 22:11:00 | Try the gigabyte site . A BIOS update from the site might fix the hdd limit problem (if it has 1) . Check the BIOS . Has it got an LBA option, under the hdd primary/secondary entries? If there's no update that fixes the hdd limit, you'll have to buy another motherboard that can support bigger hard drives . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 322107 | 2005-02-06 22:24:00 | IT'S probably irrelevant what your mobo supposedly supports.........virtually every hdd maker has a downloadable 'DDO' (dynamic drive overlay) program available free from their website which will 'fool' the bios into accepting virtually any harddrive ....... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 322108 | 2005-02-06 22:45:00 | Might be best to use DDO as a last resort. Althoigh I haven't used it, I have heard it can cause problems. What OS are you using, win 95 has a limit of 32GB drives while 98 and ME may need patching over 32GB for scandisk to work properly. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 322109 | 2005-02-07 02:12:00 | "i have heard it can cause problems" ......hmm........really ?..........I've used it quite a few times and the manufacturers sites certainly dont suggest you use it "as a last resort" Just for future reference i'd be most interested to have some detail about the possible probs it can cause ? | drcspy (146) | ||
| 322110 | 2005-02-07 04:41:00 | VT82C693 would be the model number of the North Bridge . Please give the actual motherboard model so we can help you better . |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 322111 | 2005-02-07 06:03:00 | "i have heard it can cause problems" ......hmm........really ?..........I've used it quite a few times and the manufacturers sites certainly dont suggest you use it "as a last resort" Just for future reference i'd be most interested to have some detail about the possible probs it can cause ? Can't remember the detail, sorry. I'd heard it on this forum, in a discussion long ago, it was posted in response to a question, by one of our more illustrious members (who I don't want to guess at which one out of about three candidates), it seemed very plausible at the time. In the meanitme I'll try a search of the old board to refresh my memory. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 322112 | 2005-02-07 06:42:00 | Here ( . pcworld . co . nz/showthread . php?t=23613&highlight=drive+overlay" target="_blank">pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz) and here ( . pcworld . co . nz/showthread . php?t=27887&highlight=drive+overlay" target="_blank">pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz) . Except they don't seem to address the dangers of DDO precisely as I remember it . The upshot is, if you can avoid add software to a critical function by updating your firmware, do so . Does that sound plausible :D |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 322113 | 2005-02-07 09:08:00 | You may want to try a PCI card (www.dse.co.nz) to allow larger hard drives than your mobo supports. | Antmannz (6583) | ||
| 322114 | 2005-02-07 18:39:00 | VT82C693 would be the model number of the North Bridge . Please give the actual motherboard model so we can help you better . Thanks for the thoughts Guys :) Its a GA-6VXE+ tho Sandra recons its a 693A-596B-8671 ! Running win98se . Good news if I can software it into happening :) cheers Pete |
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