HD for a MSI 6183

[E.Martinez]

Good day,
just wondered if anyone knew which size HD I can put on a
MSI 6183 mobo.
Just updated the bios to the last version (2000) and it says
it can handle 40 gig ones.
Will it take a bigger one (60 gig for instance).
No info on the MSI site.
Thanks in advance for any help
Regards

 

[Don_B]

It will take but it may not recognize the parts of the drive over 40 Gig.
That's an odd place to set a limit though. It won't hurt your motherboard
to try. Also, the disk manufacturer may include a program to address
the extra disk space. AND, you can always partition the disk.

 

[drumguy1384]

AND, you can always partition the disk.

Partitioning the disk doesn't have anything to do with the BIOS being able
to address it. Only the OS.

To the OTP,

I know that Maxtor and Western Digital both used to have a "soft-BIOS"
(Called EZ-BIOS) that would load on boot up and allow you to use drives with
larger capacities than your BIOS can natively support.

From Maxtor technical support site:

http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/olh_adp.php?p_faqid=1079

This will likely be your only solution ... aside from buying an ATA card
that supports larger drive capacities.


Drumguy

 

[E.Martinez]

Thanks for the answers

Partitioning the disk doesn't have anything to do with the BIOS being able
to address it. Only the OS.

To the OTP,

I know that Maxtor and Western Digital both used to have a "soft-BIOS"
(Called EZ-BIOS) that would load on boot up and allow you to use drives with
larger capacities than your BIOS can natively support.

From Maxtor technical support site:

http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/olh_adp.php?p_faqi
d=1079

This will likely be your only solution ... aside from buying an ATA card
that supports larger drive capacities.


Drumguy