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| Gundyman 2004-08-15, 3:57 am |
| I bought a Seagate 120G HD, however the BIOS don't pick up the 120G. It only recogized 32G.
The PC have Soyo K6 MB... anyone have suggestion what to do.
I did use the uility tools that come with the HD, it recogize the HD. However, when I reboot and get into the Win XP setup. It only recogize 32G.
Any solution to get back the 120G HD (primary)
Thanks.. | |
| badpapajj 2004-08-15, 2:52 pm |
| How did you partition the new HD? | |
| Gundyman 2004-08-15, 3:10 pm |
| I can't even partition the HD. The Win XP only recogize up to 32G. I did not do any partition.
Jumper was set to the right position
HD utility program run the HD setup before install the XP.
HD utility recongize the HD with 120G, it is the BIOS that not support (I think).
But how can today BIOS don't support HD above 100G+. I added another PC with 80G (master) without any problem.
This PC that I am working on don't work and it is a new Soyo MB.
I'm very unhappy on this product right now.
It shall plug in and work. Simple... | |
| Deja-vue 2004-08-15, 3:38 pm |
| check the Jumpers on the Harddrive.
Most likely it's set to 32 Gig max.
Happens to the best.
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| I have the same problem... with 250G | |
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| Just resolve the issue...!
We upgrade the BIOS, change the cable, swap the workstation. Finally, it work..
I'm sure it not the BIOS, but we eventually double check with the vendor. U know
I think it is just the bad HW.
It didn't matter how logically u think, sometime it just don't work and sometime it just work.
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| tiberius21 2004-08-16, 1:18 am |
| Is the hard drive formatted in Fat 32? Windows 2000 and XP will only make a 32 gigabit boot partition in Fat 32.
You need to use NTFS if you want to see the whole hard drive. | |
| sandy7000 2004-08-18, 4:53 pm |
| quote:
check the Jumpers on the Harddrive.
Most likely it's set to 32 Gig max.
Happens to the best.
Happened to me! Thanks for the compliment!
However, mine was also a BIOS issue because the processor was so old.
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But how can today BIOS don't support HD above 100G+. I added another PC with 80G (master) without any problem.
Interesting! What's the manufacturer? | |
| Gundyman 2004-08-21, 4:19 pm |
| Sound like someone here is my co-work  | |
| tiberius21 2004-08-21, 10:07 pm |
| Maybe I’m missing something. How do you set the jumpers to 32 gigabit max? There’s cable select, master and slave. | |
| Deja-vue 2004-08-21, 11:22 pm |
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Originally posted by tiberius21
Maybe I’m missing something. How do you set the jumpers to 32 gigabit max? There’s cable select, master and slave.
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| tiberius21 2004-08-22, 4:27 am |
| Thanks! I have a bunch of old hard drives that I understand how to set up now. | |
| Deja-vue 2004-08-22, 12:01 pm |
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Originally posted by tiberius21
Thanks! I have a bunch of old hard drives that I understand how to set up now.
Keep in mind that the graphic above refers only to the Seagate models.
Maxtors, WD or others are different. | |
| Mitch1301 2004-08-22, 7:25 pm |
| It's a bios issue (if you set the jumpers properly)! This has been the case for myself and co-workers working on older systems. Just gave this as a question to applicants the other day, lol. | |
| sandy7000 2004-08-22, 9:32 pm |
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It's a bios issue (if you set the jumpers properly)! This has been the case for myself and co-workers working on older systems.
That's what I would think at first, however, gundyman stated this:
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I added another PC with 80G (master) without any problem.
This PC that I am working on don't work and it is a new Soyo MB.
And also this:
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But how can today BIOS don't support HD above 100G+. I added another PC with 80G (master) without any problem.
I may have misunderstood the statement to be that the BIOS could fully recognize the 80 G drive, but only 32 GB of the 120 G. | |
| Mitch1301 2004-08-22, 10:43 pm |
| You have a point Sandy, I didn’t take the time to read the entire post. I have worked on newer model PCs that needed a bios upgrade for HD’s, PIII and newer. Really depends on the manufacturer. That and I am not a fan of Soyo boards at all, personal opinion that’s all.
By the way do you go to Oak Hills? Noticed the Max Lucado quote in your sig. | |
| sandy7000 2004-08-23, 12:12 am |
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By the way do you go to Oak Hills? Noticed the Max Lucado quote in your sig.
Nope, just read it in one of his books, "It's Not About Me." Sticking something out when it goes bad is probably far harder than the circumstances themselves.
ANYway...back to our regularly scheduled programming.. | |
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| I guess my co-worker found the solution
What are small world? |
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