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| 850785 | 2010-01-21 21:59:00 | Does the BIOS detect ALL of the hdd? Youre not using a USB hub for this external hdd are you?? If you are, plug it into a USB port | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 850786 | 2010-01-21 22:08:00 | Partitioning isn't going to solve it, as the drive is still 1TB as a whole. It's not failing on the partition size, but reading the size of the drive as a whole. Chuck in like a 320GB External or a 500GB external and there's a good chance it'll boot. It's not the fault of WD, but rather the mobo being too old for drives of that size. Basically the drive is too large for the BIOS to handle, and if you can't get an updated BIOS that *will* handle it, unfortunately you're fresh out of luck :-/ |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 850787 | 2010-01-21 22:36:00 | Many thanks for everyones help. Will upgrade computer (later). |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 850788 | 2010-01-21 23:08:00 | Have you tried disabling USB boot completely (I don't mean just removing it from the boot options, or changing the boot order)? That should force the board to stop looking for drives on the USB bus, and it should boot successfully regardless of the drive's size. Depending on the implementation on your paticular board, disabling the USB Legacy option may also help. Note that you'll probably want to change these settings while the drive is unplugged - you can plug it back in afterwards. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 850789 | 2010-01-21 23:15:00 | What version of windows is on the main hdd, and what service pack is on it? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 850790 | 2010-01-21 23:30:00 | I dont think the hdd, or the BIOS is the prob. Just as long as the latest version of the BIOS is on it, it should work. This mobo should be able to use it. Look at Pug's specs here, post #13 (forums.overclockers.com.au). He's using this mobo with 6x 1 TB SATA hdd's. I dont think it should matter whether the hdd is IDE or SATA. Its still 1 TB. So the prob maybe with USB, or the USB cable |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 850791 | 2010-01-21 23:41:00 | Sweet!! Disabling the USB Legacy option worked! Windows XP Home SP3 |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 850792 | 2010-01-22 00:00:00 | Sweet!! Disabling the USB Legacy option worked! Glad to hear it's sorted :D. |
Erayd (23) | ||
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