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ASUS P2B-S IDE HDD Size Support ?
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I am posting this mezz hoping for an answer that can solve my problem. I am trying to install a 30 Gb 2.5" IDE HDD on my system. The system is based on a ASUS P2B-S motherboard with 128 Mb SDRAM, 300 MHZ Intel Celeron, 4.3 Gb UWSCSI Drive, SCSI CDROM/Burner. Plugging this disk into a IDE slot on the motherboard,via a 2.5" to 3.5" converter adapter. Then entering the BIOS on startup and autodetecting new HDD I found a new HDD, selecting it as LBA (read something on google that pointed on selecting this when using a disk 528 Mb). Saved the configuration and started Win XP. Finally in XP I opened 'My Computer' but no disk was found, and directly after Win XP encountered a error and shut down. I bought this motherbord in 1998 and have not upgraded my BIOS ever. I figure it's a problem with handeling the new disk size or something. I thought this motherboard could handle a HDD of size 30 Gb ? Is there a limitation on the motherboard? If so, how do I change this limitation to handle my disk ? Can there be a conflict with the SCSI Drive which is set as boot drive (my IDE HDD being primary master on the IDE slot) ? Anyone who have had kind of the same experience? Hope on a answer, any help/suggestions would be appriciated. Best Regards, Marcus |
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Marcus E wrote:
Hi! I am posting this mezz hoping for an answer that can solve my problem. I am trying to install a 30 Gb 2.5" IDE HDD on my system. The system is based on a ASUS P2B-S motherboard with 128 Mb SDRAM, 300 MHZ Intel Celeron, 4.3 Gb UWSCSI Drive, SCSI CDROM/Burner. Plugging this disk into a IDE slot on the motherboard,via a 2.5" to 3.5" converter adapter. Then entering the BIOS on startup and autodetecting new HDD I found a new HDD, selecting it as LBA (read something on google that pointed on selecting this when using a disk 528 Mb). Saved the configuration and started Win XP. Finally in XP I opened 'My Computer' but no disk was found, and directly after Win XP encountered a error and shut down. I bought this motherbord in 1998 and have not upgraded my BIOS ever. I figure it's a problem with handeling the new disk size or something. I thought this motherboard could handle a HDD of size 30 Gb ? Is there a limitation on the motherboard? If so, how do I change this limitation to handle my disk ? Can there be a conflict with the SCSI Drive which is set as boot drive (my IDE HDD being primary master on the IDE slot) ? Anyone who have had kind of the same experience? Hope on a answer, any help/suggestions would be appriciated. Best Regards, Marcus If Paul's suggestion does not work for you, then there might be another solution. I have an old Pentium 133 that has a BIOS that only recognizes a hard drive up to the 8.4Gb limit. For years I have successfully used 2 30Gb hard drives in that old computer. The solution was a product called the DTC 1181Y2K Bios Upgrade. It is a small ISA card that allows you to recognize hard drives up to a capacity of 32Gb. It not only works without any problems, both drives are also recognized across my network. Maybe you can use one of these in an ISA slot on the P2B-S motherboard. Here is a link where you can find out a bit more and where you can purchase one ... http://www.softwareandstuff.com/h_acc_biosupg.html Good luck. This is probably safer than hosing your existing BIOS with a bad flash. Eckto |
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Paul wrote: In article , (Marcus E) wrote: Hi! I am posting this mezz hoping for an answer that can solve my problem. I am trying to install a 30 Gb 2.5" IDE HDD on my system. The system is based on a ASUS P2B-S motherboard with 128 Mb SDRAM, 300 MHZ Intel Celeron, 4.3 Gb UWSCSI Drive, SCSI CDROM/Burner. Plugging this disk into a IDE slot on the motherboard,via a 2.5" to 3.5" converter adapter. Then entering the BIOS on startup and autodetecting new HDD I found a new HDD, selecting it as LBA (read something on google that pointed on selecting this when using a disk 528 Mb). Saved the configuration and started Win XP. Finally in XP I opened 'My Computer' but no disk was found, and directly after Win XP encountered a error and shut down. I bought this motherbord in 1998 and have not upgraded my BIOS ever. I figure it's a problem with handeling the new disk size or something. I thought this motherboard could handle a HDD of size 30 Gb ? Is there a limitation on the motherboard? If so, how do I change this limitation to handle my disk ? Can there be a conflict with the SCSI Drive which is set as boot drive (my IDE HDD being primary master on the IDE slot) ? Anyone who have had kind of the same experience? Hope on a answer, any help/suggestions would be appriciated. Best Regards, Marcus These are the Asus "general" resources - http://www.asus.it/support/english/t...hdd/index.aspx (modern) http://www.asuscom.de/support/FAQ/fa...gb_ide_hdd.htm (older) The second link lists "bis einschl. 128 GB", which means, I guess, up to 128GB disks with the latest beta BIOS. http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/download.aspx takes you he http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...03.zip~zaqwedc Try flashing up to 1014.003, using a copy of aflash221 from the same download page. That beta BIOS is pretty safe, and is the version I have on my P2B-S + Tualatin + Upgradeware Slot-T + voltage regulator mod. IIRC, the last release BIOS would also support the OPs 30GB drive (1013, up to 32GB). However, since a BIOS update is required, I agree 1014.003 would be the best choice - it's solid, I've been running it for years. The 30GB drive should be correctly detected using the AUTO setting after the BIOS update. http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...21.zip~zaqwedc As I never used the SCSI stuff on my P2B-S, I cannot vouch for any interaction between SCSI/IDE/New_BIOS. Perhaps our regular poster "P2B" has an answer for that, one way or another. I rarely use the IDE stuff on my P2B-Ss :-) There's no problem with SCSI/IDE drive conflict, it's controlled by the "HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First" switch on the BIOS Features Setup page - in fact you can install an OS on both the SCSI and IDE drives, and use the BIOS switch to select which one you wish to boot. When flashing the BIOS, make a backup copy of the current BIOS file, because getting another copy of the original BIOS might be difficult now. If things "go south" on you, you can always flash back to the original BIOS and get to keep using the machine. HTH, Paul |
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That motherboard's BIOS CANNOT recognize that large of a harddrive.
-- DaveW "Marcus E" wrote in message m... Hi! I am posting this mezz hoping for an answer that can solve my problem. I am trying to install a 30 Gb 2.5" IDE HDD on my system. The system is based on a ASUS P2B-S motherboard with 128 Mb SDRAM, 300 MHZ Intel Celeron, 4.3 Gb UWSCSI Drive, SCSI CDROM/Burner. Plugging this disk into a IDE slot on the motherboard,via a 2.5" to 3.5" converter adapter. Then entering the BIOS on startup and autodetecting new HDD I found a new HDD, selecting it as LBA (read something on google that pointed on selecting this when using a disk 528 Mb). Saved the configuration and started Win XP. Finally in XP I opened 'My Computer' but no disk was found, and directly after Win XP encountered a error and shut down. I bought this motherbord in 1998 and have not upgraded my BIOS ever. I figure it's a problem with handeling the new disk size or something. I thought this motherboard could handle a HDD of size 30 Gb ? Is there a limitation on the motherboard? If so, how do I change this limitation to handle my disk ? Can there be a conflict with the SCSI Drive which is set as boot drive (my IDE HDD being primary master on the IDE slot) ? Anyone who have had kind of the same experience? Hope on a answer, any help/suggestions would be appriciated. Best Regards, Marcus |
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DaveW wrote: That motherboard's BIOS CANNOT recognize that large of a harddrive. Nonsense. BIOS 1013 supports up to 32GB, and 1014.003 supports up to 128GB drives. P2B |
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Marcus E wrote:
Hi! I am posting this mezz hoping for an answer that can solve my problem. I am trying to install a 30 Gb 2.5" IDE HDD on my system. The system is based on a ASUS P2B-S motherboard with 128 Mb SDRAM, 300 MHZ Intel Celeron, 4.3 Gb UWSCSI Drive, SCSI CDROM/Burner. Plugging this disk into a IDE slot on the motherboard,via a 2.5" to 3.5" converter adapter. Then entering the BIOS on startup and autodetecting new HDD I found a new HDD, selecting it as LBA (read something on google that pointed on selecting this when using a disk 528 Mb). Saved the configuration and started Win XP. Finally in XP I opened 'My Computer' but no disk was found, and directly after Win XP encountered a error and shut down. I bought this motherbord in 1998 and have not upgraded my BIOS ever. I figure it's a problem with handeling the new disk size or something. I thought this motherboard could handle a HDD of size 30 Gb ? Is there a limitation on the motherboard? If so, how do I change this limitation to handle my disk ? Can there be a conflict with the SCSI Drive which is set as boot drive (my IDE HDD being primary master on the IDE slot) ? Anyone who have had kind of the same experience? Hope on a answer, any help/suggestions would be appriciated. Best Regards, Marcus Hi, I solved this problem with mine with the latest beta bios (it`s mentioned in the thread). Severall weeks ago I went for a controller (pci card, ebay) and found most of them capable of "big" drives (at least 128 gig). Regards, Niclaas |
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