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"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> In article <yBBNc.4753$Fc7.873088@stones.force9.net>, "Paul Murphy"
> <p_murphynothanks@tospamhotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > "Clas Mehus" <clas.mehus@idg.no> wrote in message
> > news:46jcg0l83mjofesnhh3imf3rljl28779sq@4ax.com...
> > > On 27 Jul 2004 12:10:58 GMT, druid@dorsai.org (William Katz) wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have a P3C-D motherboard (BIOS 1025 Beta 002), the latest BIOS.
> > > >Currently using a Western Digital 100GB HD, which works just fine.
> > > >
> > > >My question is what is the maximum capacity hard drive I can use on
this
> > > >board? (using the onboard IDE-66) I am thinking about getting a
120GB
> > HD,
> > > >or even a 160GB HD if I can use the full capacity?
> > > >Thanks.
> > >
> > > The HD-controller for the 820-chipset only support drives up to 128
> > > GB. You should be able to get a PCI HDD-controller quite cheap now --
> > > an advice can be to go for a Serial ATA-solution at the same time.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Clas Mehus
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > Dataguiden : http://www.pcworld.no/dataguiden/
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > "Den som har flest prylar när han dör vinner..."
> >
> > The answer is the skys the limit (up to the maximum the OS can handle)
*if*
> > you're using Windows XP SP 1 or Win 2K SP 4 or higher - I'm using a
P3C-E
> > (with its version of 1025 Beta 2 BIOS - you'd think Asus would get round
to
> > a final version by now - 2 years after that Beta was released) with a
new
> > Maxtor 250 GB ATA 133 drive and the windows installation detected the
full
> > capacity of the drive (although NOT the mobo BIOS which sees it as an 8
GB
> > drive when detection is set to auto) - result everything in windows says
I'm
> > using a 233 GB drive and it works perfectly! Its true that the 820
chipset
> > only supports 28 bit LBA (and therefore has that 137 GB hardware limit,
> > Windows XP SP 1, Win2K SP 4 and Intels Application accelerator get
around
> > this via software though. Have a nosey here:
> >
http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/sb/CS-009299.htm Note that
if
> > you install XP with a CDROM thats already at SP1 level or higher it will
be
> > a seemless installation (just done one today) and the Intel Application
> > Accelerator wont even be required - its a bit different with Win 9.x/ME
> > though as outlined at that Intel website. I've not tried it under 98 SE
yet
> > as I don't have any 3rd party partitioning software - I'm also unsure if
it
> > will work without native BIOS support, even with the Intel Application
> > Accelerator. Before this 250 GB drive I had a 120 GB Samsung and that
was
> > working perfectly in the machine (and was correctly detected by the
BIOS).
> > Its now relegated to my server for RAID with another identical drive.
> >
> > William shouldn't need to get a seperate controller card as long as the
> > right OS is used.
> >
> > Paul
>
> Paul, have you tested your drive ? I recommend using some gigabyte
> sized files, and fill your 250GB disk with files. Some people find that
> the first file copied that passes the 137GB mark, leads to file system
> corruption, and that means they aren't really able to use that large
> a disk. So, test your disk before retiring the old disk. It would
> be a sad thing if you spent months filling the disk with MP3 files,
> only to discover one day that the file system was gone. Before doing
> this test, back up any files on the 250GB drive, in case the file system
> _is_ going to get corrupted.
>
> The trick is, if your system only supports 137GB, when it attempts to
> write to a location at 137+ GB, the address "rolls over" to address
> zero, and the beginning of the disk is erased by the data being
> copied. That is why the file system will get corrupted, and that
> is what you are testing for.
>
> After all the files are copied to fill the volume, you can use a
> checksum program to sum the contents of the files. If you used
> the same file over and over again, the checksum for each file
> should be the same. This will build confidence in the integrity
> of the disk itself. I have tested my last four disk purchases this
> way.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
Thats a good point although having read up on the Intel Application
Accelerator, I don't believe its relevant with the Intel 820 chipset under
Win2K or XP with the relevant SPs. I haven't loaded up more that 137 GB on
it yet but soon will.... I have an ATI Radeon 8500DV and use this as a PVR
(for recording TV programs). I'll record (as full resolution AVIs) the next
couple of hours of TV - that'll quickly (and easily) fill it up and I'll
attempt to watch them and report back.
Paul
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