Hiya all, got a simpleton question to ask, apologies if in the wrong location.
I have a four/five year old Time PC, (cor bless 'em), something like a 1.5 - 1.8 GHz processor, about 40 GB hard disk, 512 RAM, running XP, pretty much up to date (definitely have SP2). Does not have the EnableBigLba DWORD set up yet, let alone turned on.
I also have about 18 hours of DV tapes I want to edit, assemble on to DVD and generally fiddle with, and so am considering buying a 300 GB HD to use pretty much solely for video use.
Mobo is a MS6382 Ver:2 according to the printing on it. I am proving completely inept at finding any definitive answer to whether there is any BIOS limitation or mobo speed limitation on running this kind of disk. Some of the stuff I have read seems to indicate that XP SP2 is not independent of BIOS in terms of size limitations (i.e. 137 GB limit) but I am not sure enough to lay out £80 on a (potentially) unuseable drive.
So my questions are :
1) Is there any BIOS/mobo limitation that could prevent me running a disk of this size, given that I currently run a 40GB disk under XP SP2?
2) Is there something I can find in my BIOS that will tell me whether I can run a disk a) this size, and b) at ATA 133 speed?
PS Also read something suggesting you need 80 socket flat cable for ata133, pretty sure mine is 40. Is that also a potential blocker?
Many thanks
Andy
I have a four/five year old Time PC, (cor bless 'em), something like a 1.5 - 1.8 GHz processor, about 40 GB hard disk, 512 RAM, running XP, pretty much up to date (definitely have SP2). Does not have the EnableBigLba DWORD set up yet, let alone turned on.
I also have about 18 hours of DV tapes I want to edit, assemble on to DVD and generally fiddle with, and so am considering buying a 300 GB HD to use pretty much solely for video use.
Mobo is a MS6382 Ver:2 according to the printing on it. I am proving completely inept at finding any definitive answer to whether there is any BIOS limitation or mobo speed limitation on running this kind of disk. Some of the stuff I have read seems to indicate that XP SP2 is not independent of BIOS in terms of size limitations (i.e. 137 GB limit) but I am not sure enough to lay out £80 on a (potentially) unuseable drive.
So my questions are :
1) Is there any BIOS/mobo limitation that could prevent me running a disk of this size, given that I currently run a 40GB disk under XP SP2?
2) Is there something I can find in my BIOS that will tell me whether I can run a disk a) this size, and b) at ATA 133 speed?
PS Also read something suggesting you need 80 socket flat cable for ata133, pretty sure mine is 40. Is that also a potential blocker?
Many thanks
Andy
