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Tod

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 10:58 pm
Post subject: K7S5A PRO, bios question
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I want to use a 160GB WD hard drive on my secondary controller.
My K7S5A PRO bios will not see it correctly.
My bios is dated 1/20/2003.
Will updating to the latest bios (8/25/2003) allow
it to overcome the 137GB limit ?

Does any K7S5A PRO bios support 48-bit addressing ?

Would the Honey bios be better ?

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TX_Dude

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 7:40 am
Post subject: Re: K7S5A PRO, bios question [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Thu, 27 May 2004 19:58:52 GMT, "Tod" <no_spam_me.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote:

 >I want to use a 160GB WD hard drive on my secondary controller.
 >My K7S5A PRO bios will not see it correctly.
 >My bios is dated 1/20/2003.
 >Will updating to the latest bios (8/25/2003) allow
 >it to overcome the 137GB limit ?
 >
 >Does any K7S5A PRO bios support 48-bit addressing ?
 >
 >Would the Honey bios be better ?
 >

I've used 160 gig drives with the K7S5A Pro with no problems.
The 48 bit addressing is also dependent on the operating system.
You need XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows 2000 with Service
Pack 3 or 4.

My version of Windows 2000 is several yrs old and does not include
the Service Packs. I installed 2000 on the drive, but made just one
partition of 100 gigs. Then I updated to Service Pack 4 via Windows
Update. Then I formatted the rest of the drive and it works fine.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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Cari

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 8:44 am
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"TX_Dude" <ric.duncan DeleteThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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 > I've used 160 gig drives with the K7S5A Pro with no problems.
 > The 48 bit addressing is also dependent on the operating system.
 > You need XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows 2000 with Service
 > Pack 3 or 4.
 >
 > My version of Windows 2000 is several yrs old and does not include
 > the Service Packs. I installed 2000 on the drive, but made just one
 > partition of 100 gigs. Then I updated to Service Pack 4 via Windows
 > Update. Then I formatted the rest of the drive and it works fine.

That would be Windows XP with SP1. SP2 isn't yet released.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013&Product=winxp" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013&Product=winxp</a>
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