How Big a HDD will my BIOS Recognize?

[Guest]

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I want to install a new 250 gig hard drive on my computer (as a second
drive) but am not sure the mb/bios will accept it. Is there a way to
determine this ahead of time? Is this sort of thing limited by the
motherboard or by the BIOS, or both? I looked in the mb book and went into
setup but didn't find any answers. Where can I learn more about this?

BTW, the board is an Albitron PX845PEV Pro with a P4 2.4 cpu. The indicated
BIOS is Phoenix-Award 6.00PG.

- Magnusfarce

 

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>I want to install a new 250 gig hard drive on my computer (as a second
>drive) but am not sure the mb/bios will accept it. Is there a way to
>determine this ahead of time? Is this sort of thing limited by the
>motherboard or by the BIOS, or both? I looked in the mb book and went into
>setup but didn't find any answers. Where can I learn more about this?
>
>BTW, the board is an Albitron PX845PEV Pro with a P4 2.4 cpu. The indicated
>BIOS is Phoenix-Award 6.00PG.
>
> - Magnusfarce
>
Worst case you spend a couple dollars on a PCI controller card. Or
partition it into two 125GB drives.

 

[BigJim]

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go to there web site and check it out for the latest bios
"Magnusfarce" <magnusfarce4@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I want to install a new 250 gig hard drive on my computer (as a second
> drive) but am not sure the mb/bios will accept it. Is there a way to
> determine this ahead of time? Is this sort of thing limited by the
> motherboard or by the BIOS, or both? I looked in the mb book and went
into
> setup but didn't find any answers. Where can I learn more about this?
>
> BTW, the board is an Albitron PX845PEV Pro with a P4 2.4 cpu. The
indicated
> BIOS is Phoenix-Award 6.00PG.
>
> - Magnusfarce
>
>

 

[Guest]

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i have the same board and am using a 160GB drive so yes the 250GB will work.

"Magnusfarce" <magnusfarce4@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I want to install a new 250 gig hard drive on my computer (as a second
> drive) but am not sure the mb/bios will accept it. Is there a way to
> determine this ahead of time? Is this sort of thing limited by the
> motherboard or by the BIOS, or both? I looked in the mb book and went
into
> setup but didn't find any answers. Where can I learn more about this?
>
> BTW, the board is an Albitron PX845PEV Pro with a P4 2.4 cpu. The
indicated
> BIOS is Phoenix-Award 6.00PG.
>
> - Magnusfarce
>
>

 

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"Magnusfarce" <magnusfarce4@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<fk6xc.5975$uX2.4407@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>...

> I want to install a new 250 gig hard drive on my computer (as a
> second drive) but am not sure the mb/bios will accept it.

> BTW, the board is an Albitron PX845PEV Pro with a P4 2.4 cpu.
> The indicated BIOS is Phoenix-Award 6.00PG.

The program 48LBACHK should be able to tell you:

http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/sb/CS-009302.htm

or: ftp://download.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/48lbachk.exe