Re: disk drive troubles

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From: Mark Schiffmann
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00

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On Tue, 09 May 2000 00:01:01 +0100, Harry Broomhall
<haeb@pc60.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>   IMHO you will need to change the motherboard.  Very few TX boards
>know about drives over 8Gb.  Without checking details my first
>assumption would be that this belongs in that category.
>
>    Put the drive on a board that is *known* to support large sizes.
>If it *still* doesn't work then send the drive back!
>
>    Regards,
>            Harry.

I've just pulled this from Daja [1], it looks like this board can
handle > 8GB OK.

>If you have downloaded the latest BIOS update, there is no problem with
>harddisks bigger than 8.4 GB.
>When you install the disk use the hdd-autodetect feature.

>Rene


>citric@my-dejanews.com schrieb in Nachricht
><782uid$nag$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>>Does anyone know if I can use a hard disk larger than 8.4gig on a GA-586TX3
>>mobo?
>>

1. I was looking for my own benefit, I plan to put 2 x 20GB in this
machine.

Mark

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