Aopen ax6bc r2.59& 250GB harddisk

[Paul]

I have a question: Can I connect a 250GB harddisk to my Aopen ax6bc
motherboard flashed to 2.59 & Award Bios 4.60 PGMA?
On the Aopen site they say that harddisks larger than 136GB are supported
since release 2.41. ("Supports IDE detection of HDD size over 136GB")
Is there another limit after the 136GB limit?
Does anyopen had any experience with this setup?


Paul

 

[Rod Speed]

I have a question: Can I connect a 250GB harddisk to my Aopen
ax6bc motherboard flashed to 2.59 & Award Bios 4.60 PGMA?
Yes.

On the Aopen site they say that harddisks larger than
136GB are supported since release 2.41. ("Supports
IDE detection of HDD size over 136GB")

Is there another limit after the 136GB limit?

Not any limit that will be seen any time soon.

Does anyopen had any experience with this setup?

You need 48bit LBA support in the OS as well if you arent running Linux.

 

[Arno Wagner]

I have a question: Can I connect a 250GB harddisk to my Aopen ax6bc
motherboard flashed to 2.59 & Award Bios 4.60 PGMA?
On the Aopen site they say that harddisks larger than 136GB are supported
since release 2.41. ("Supports IDE detection of HDD size over 136GB")
Is there another limit after the 136GB limit?

Not really. This should work.

Does anyopen had any experience with this setup?

Not me.

Arno

 

[Paul]

Thanks!!!

I had to add a PCI IDE controller, my bios (Award Bios 4.60 PGMA) didn't
recognize the full 250GB.
Everything works fine now.



Paul