GA-7VAXP rev 1.0, BIOS F15
 

Does anyone know if this board supports 300+ gb hard disks?
Specifically i wanted to buy this HD:

HDD EIDE MAXTOR 300 GB 7200 RPM
ATA/133 BUFFER: 16MB SEEK TIME: 9.0 MS

Thx in advance.

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Does anyone know if this board supports 300+ gb hard disks?
Specifically i wanted to buy this HD:

HDD EIDE MAXTOR 300 GB 7200 RPM
ATA/133 BUFFER: 16MB SEEK TIME: 9.0 MS

Thx in advance.



I don't know but at the same time I cannot see why it wouldn't. If in doubt
perhaps you need to look up the VIA chipset specifications, and the
specifications of the Raid controller (I have forgotten who makes that,
which is embarrassing as I had one of those boards! Oops). My personal
feeling is that an ATA controller does not impose a size limit (on
partitions).

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Does anyone know if this board supports 300+ gb hard disks?
Specifically i wanted to buy this HD:

HDD EIDE MAXTOR 300 GB 7200 RPM
ATA/133 BUFFER: 16MB SEEK TIME: 9.0 MS

Thx in advance.



I don't know but at the same time I cannot see why it wouldn't. If in
doubt
perhaps you need to look up the VIA chipset specifications, and the
specifications of the Raid controller (I have forgotten who makes that,
which is embarrassing as I had one of those boards! Oops). My personal
feeling is that an ATA controller does not impose a size limit (on
partitions).



Sorry, that was pretty crap advice - I'll work on it!

It's ok thx anyway, i've just bought a 250gb DiamondMax Plus 10 hd on ebay.
I'll test it in a few days maybe on monday. I've emailed the giabyte team
and they said the ga-7vaxp supports 300+ hds although it is necessary an
update for all the drivers especially the bios and Via to get it recognized.
Bye!
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Does anyone know if this board supports 300+ gb hard disks?
Specifically i wanted to buy this HD:

HDD EIDE MAXTOR 300 GB 7200 RPM
ATA/133 BUFFER: 16MB SEEK TIME: 9.0 MS

Thx in advance.



I don't know but at the same time I cannot see why it wouldn't. If in
doubt
perhaps you need to look up the VIA chipset specifications, and the
specifications of the Raid controller (I have forgotten who makes that,
which is embarrassing as I had one of those boards! Oops). My personal
feeling is that an ATA controller does not impose a size limit (on
partitions).



Sorry, that was pretty crap advice - I'll work on it!