A7N8 and Hard Drivers Larger than 137GB

[Observer]

I am running a standard A7N8, and am having problems installing an ATAPI
180GB hard drive, a Hitachi 180GXP. If I use My Computer/Manage/Disk
Management, the size is shown as 128GB. I am running Windows XP SP1, which
has the capability to detect the size of drives greater than 137 GB.

I have also tried to use Partition Magic, with simular results. This brings
into question if the BIOS is the problem. I am running:

Phoenix-AwardBIOS V6.00PG
ASUS A7N8X2.0 ACPI BIOS Rev 1005 .

Is this BIOS able to see large hard drives (larger than 137GB)? If not,
which version should I have?

Thanks for your help,
Jim

 

[Dr Teeth]

Is this BIOS able to see large hard drives (larger than 137GB)? If not,
which version should I have?

The latest, v1007.

Cheers,

Guy

** I may not be perfect, but I'm
** English, and that's the next best thing!

 

[Observer]

I have upgraded to v1007 BIOS, and XP SP1 still cannot see the entire 180GB
drive, it is reporting only 128 GB.

Any other suggestions?

Jim

 

[Paul]

I am running a standard A7N8, and am having problems installing an ATAPI
180GB hard drive, a Hitachi 180GXP. If I use My Computer/Manage/Disk
Management, the size is shown as 128GB. I am running Windows XP SP1, which
has the capability to detect the size of drives greater than 137 GB.

I have also tried to use Partition Magic, with simular results. This brings
into question if the BIOS is the problem. I am running:

Phoenix-AwardBIOS V6.00PG
ASUS A7N8X2.0 ACPI BIOS Rev 1005 .

Is this BIOS able to see large hard drives (larger than 137GB)? If not,
which version should I have?

Thanks for your help,
Jim

They have changed the wording of Q303013 since it was first issued:
Have a look through this - if you have SP1, it should just work:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];303013

The minimum BIOS version needed is listed here:

http://www.asus.it/support/english/techref/48bithdd/index.aspx

HTH,
Paul

 

[Dr Teeth]

Any other suggestions?

It is now partitioned at 137Gb so the OS will not see any more.
However, if you get to the disk management MMC you will be able to see
even the unpartitioned areas. You can also manage your partitions from
there.

Personally, I use PartitionMagic.

Cheers,

Guy

** I may not be perfect, but I'm
** English, and that's the next best thing!