----- Original Message ----- From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised
> eric jackson wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 6:07 AM > >Subject: Re: [newbie] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised > > > > > > > > > >>eric jackson wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I just had a Maxtor Ultra Series 250 GB hard drive installed as a > >>>slave. The box says it operates at 7200 RPM. It also says Ultra ATA/133. > >>> > >>>Mandrake 10.0 recognizes it but it only shows about 129 GB. The > >>>installation guide lists certain ATA cards that will only recognize > >>>137 GB but the Ultra ATA 133 is not listed as having that restriction. > >>> > >>>Anybody else using this drive? Does anyone have any clues why this is > >>>happening? > >>> > >>>Thanks for your help. > >>> > >>>Eric Jackson > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>>Mandrake 10.0 recognizes it but it only shows about 129 GB > >>> > >>> > >>Bios limitations ? > >> > >> > > > > > >Yeah, I wondered about that myself. I can't seem to fnd that out from the > >manuals that came with my Gateway. > > > > > > > >>What does your mobo manufacturer say the bios version limit on HD size is > >> > >> > >? website > > > >Again I can''t find that information in a manual but I will try to find the > >website of the motherboard manufacturer. Thanks for the tip on where to > >look. > > > > > > > >>You can often updated bios to recognise larger drives. > >> > >> > > > >I'll try that. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Eric Jackson > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > Go to the mobo website and start digging , especially in the bios > update sections, look up your bios version, and it invariable says > something about having upgraded the bios to detect HD size XXXgigs, My > bet is yours is 130Gigs, and then some time later they bring out a later > bios vesion that upgrades it again to maybe 260Gigs and so on and so > forth. You may be unlucky and no mention is made of the HD size > limitation, if so you need to contact your mobo manufacturer support > desk and ask them what the HD size limitations are on your bios version > and can you upgrade. Ok. I'll check into the information you suggested about my motherboard and bios. Thanks. > > Before you do though look up what the bios is saying about your HD size > , if it sees it all it, it ain't a bios limitation, but if it sees 130G > then I would think this is where to start. I'll take a look. > > Sometimes the OS itself has HD limitation but I don't think it is your > case . > > Some modern HD's also have a "cap limit" Jumper and yours may have it > set up as limited to 130G, but that is a large "cap limit" in my > experience. Okay. I'll get to work and look into the things you suggested. Thanks for the information. > John > > > > -- > John Richard Smith > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ >
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