Hi Bill,
Sometimes there is a jumper to disable SATA2 and run the disk using SATA1.
This may help for compatibility with your older controllers.
Kind regards,
*Jonathan Molyneux*
Infinitedepth Consulting
jonat...@infinitedepth.com.au
bill wrote:
I recently purchased a SATA Terabyte HDD and am having problems with
various PCs not being able to even boot the Bios past discovering this
HDD.
I'm assuming that the mobos are too old to have Bios's that can handle
Terabyte HDDS.
My newest PC has an Intel Atom mobo and I have had success with this
PC. However, the mobo has only 2 SATA connectors, 1 being used for my
DVDRW and the other for the boot HDD.
I formatted the terabyte HDD by substituting it for the boot hdd and
using a LiveCD.
This PC has a PCI SATA card, but the terrabyte hdd wont work with it,
though a 320 gb SATA hdd will.
All of the mobos in question have the latest Bios ( at least 3 yrs old
except for Atom mobo)
Question:-
what is the command to determine the type of card and its bios
revision? When I have this info I can try to find a bios update.
Final solution is to get a more up-to-date SATA card.
Google hasnt helped.
Thanks
Bill
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