We need to replace a hard drive, and I need to know what the maximum size
the system board will support. Since the old drive is toast (38.7 GB) the
only way I can get system info is through <DEL> and the BIOS; the system has
an Intel board with a 2001 manufactured date.

If I buy the drive we're looking at, Barracuda® 7200.12 Hard Drive by
Seagate, is this a good choice? Do you think my system BIOS is compatible?

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/pro...acuda_7200.12/

What mobo/bios manufacturer and version?


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"Patrick Whittle" wrote:
> We need to replace a hard drive, and I need to know what the maximum size
> the system board will support. Since the old drive is toast (38.7 GB) the
> only way I can get system info is through <DEL> and the BIOS; the system
> has an Intel board with a 2001 manufactured date.
>
> If I buy the drive we're looking at, Barracuda® 7200.12 Hard Drive by
> Seagate, is this a good choice? Do you think my system BIOS is
> compatible?
>
> http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/pro...acuda_7200.12/
>

Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.70 GHz
BIOS Version: HV84510A.86A.0018.P04

"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What mobo/bios manufacturer and version?
>
>
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>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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>
> "Patrick Whittle" wrote:
>> We need to replace a hard drive, and I need to know what the maximum size
>> the system board will support. Since the old drive is toast (38.7 GB)
>> the only way I can get system info is through <DEL> and the BIOS; the
>> system has an Intel board with a 2001 manufactured date.
>>
>> If I buy the drive we're looking at, Barracuda® 7200.12 Hard Drive by
>> Seagate, is this a good choice? Do you think my system BIOS is
>> compatible?
>>
>> http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/pro...acuda_7200.12/
>>

From the bios string I went here
http://www.intel.com/support/motherb.../CS-009015.htm

and here
http://www.intel.com/support/motherb...n/wn_howto.htm
http://www.intel.com/support/motherb.../CS-010355.htm

You didn't mention the disk size but it looks like it shouldn't be a
problem.




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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Patrick Whittle" wrote:
> Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.70 GHz
> BIOS Version: HV84510A.86A.0018.P04