WD 160 GB on WinXP Pro

[LouW]

I am using an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe REV 2.xx MB with an Athlon 2800+ CPU. The BIOS is
Phoenix Rev 1006, 10/14/2003. I only get 137 GB on the drive. The WD software keeps
crashing.

Any idea how to get the rest of the hd? I did check the manual but could not find any
way to recognize drives above 137 GB. I am using Win XP Pro SP1.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Warm Regards,
Lou
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[Ron Reaugh]

I am using an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe REV 2.xx MB with an Athlon 2800+ CPU. The BIOS is
Phoenix Rev 1006, 10/14/2003.

There is a 1011 BIOS available but I suspect that is not the problem as

137GB BIOS fixes appeared before 10/14/2003.

I only get 137 GB on the drive. The WD software keeps
crashing.

What WD SW? No WD software of anykind should be involved except possibly a
diagnostic. That WD software is likely the problem. Remove all traces of
it by writing zeroes to the entire drive using a WD diagnostic and start
clean on the HD and see if the mobo's BIOS recognizes the full size of the
drive during post and in mobo BIOS setup. Then FDISK or let the XP CD boot
and setup do that.

Any idea how to get the rest of the hd? I did check the manual

What manual?

 

[Tod]

The problem is your bios does not support 48-bit addressing
(for drives larger then 137GBs)
You can try updating to the latest bios update.
http://www.asus.com/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=A7N8X-E Deluxe&Type=BIOS&SLanguage=en-us

I myself use a Promise ultra 100/TX controller to use a WD 160GB, as a
second drive.

Are you trying to use the drive a boot or secondary ?

 

[Ron Reaugh]

The problem is your bios does not support 48-bit addressing

Who says?

 

[Tod]

His bios says, its hitting that magic 137GB limit.

 

[Tod]

More details on what you are doing with the WD software.

 

[Ron Reaugh]

His bios says, its hitting that magic 137GB limit.

Who says? Certainly not the original poster.

 

[Ron Reaugh]

More details on what you are doing with the WD software.

Now you are catching on. I'll bet he's got some awful drive overlay
software in there which has been the bane of stable processing since well
before the turn of the millenium.