Recognition capacity problem for WD caviar 80G HDD

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Hi Folks,

This is my first posting in this group... Be indulgent, i'm a
beginner...

I've replaced an old 7G HDD by an WD caviar 80G HDD. The 80G capacity
isn't recognized properly in the BIOS, I see only 65G with le LBA mode
activated... I have a Phoenix Bios 4.0 release 6.0.D and a Asus MEB-VM
motherboard.
Just to test... I installed the OS win xp sp1 and the HDD size is the
right capacity, and all seems to work fine.

What kind of problems can happens if I let my conf like this? I see on
many posts I have to flash Bios, but nothing explaining what happens if
I don't. I contacted the computer's manufacturer and they tell me
there's probably a motherboard limit but there's no problem to use the
new hard drive.

Can someone help me to understankd what could happen and what should I
do? i'm confused!

Thanks a lot!

 

[Rod Speed]

Hi Folks,

This is my first posting in this group... Be indulgent, i'm a beginner...

I've replaced an old 7G HDD by an WD caviar 80G HDD. The 80G capacity
isn't recognized properly in the BIOS, I see only 65G with le LBA mode
activated... I have a Phoenix Bios 4.0 release 6.0.D and a Asus MEB-VM
motherboard.

Just to test... I installed the OS win xp sp1 and the HDD size is the
right capacity, and all seems to work fine.

What kind of problems can happens if I let my conf like this?

It'll be fine.

I see on many posts I have to flash Bios, but nothing explaining what happens if I don't.

Nothing in this case.

I contacted the computer's manufacturer and they tell me there's probably
a motherboard limit but there's no problem to use the new hard drive.

They're right.

Can someone help me to understankd what could happen

Nothing except the way its reported in the bios for you to read.

and what should I do?

You dont need to do anything, just carry on regardless.

i'm confused!

That what computers are designed to do.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Hi Folks,

This is my first posting in this group... Be indulgent, i'm a
beginner...

I've replaced an old 7G HDD by an WD caviar 80G HDD. The 80G capacity
isn't recognized properly in the BIOS, I see only 65G with le LBA mode
activated... I have a Phoenix Bios 4.0 release 6.0.D and a Asus MEB-VM
motherboard.
Just to test... I installed the OS win xp sp1 and the HDD size is the
right capacity, and all seems to work fine.

You should go to SP2, SP1 has some serious bugs.

Arno

What kind of problems can happens if I let my conf like this? I see on
many posts I have to flash Bios, but nothing explaining what happens if
I don't. I contacted the computer's manufacturer and they tell me
there's probably a motherboard limit but there's no problem to use the
new hard drive.

 

[James Brown]

You should go to SP2, SP1 has some serious bugs.

No it doesnt, and it clearly doesnt in his situation anyway.

 

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It's the next step... I did'nt want to go to far before being sure
there's not problem.

Thanks for your help

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Hi Folks,

This is my first posting in this group... Be indulgent, i'm a
beginner...

I've replaced an old 7G HDD by an WD caviar 80G HDD. The 80G capacity
isn't recognized properly in the BIOS, I see only 65G with le LBA mode
activated... I have a Phoenix Bios 4.0 release 6.0.D and a Asus MEB-VM
motherboard.
Just to test... I installed the OS win xp sp1 and the HDD size is the
right capacity, and all seems to work fine.

What kind of problems can happens if I let my conf like this?

If you use the drive in DOS you may get read errors when reading files
that are in the over 64GiB area.

I see on many posts I have to flash Bios, but nothing explaining what happens if I don't.

Your drive can be used/accessed up to the 64GiB Bios limit recognized size.

I contacted the computer's manufacturer and they tell me
there's probably a motherboard limit but there's no problem to use the
new hard drive.

Can someone help me to understankd what could happen and what should I
do? i'm confused!

You could make a 64GiB partition and a second using up the rest.
At least the first will be fully useable in DOS.