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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: JohnsonL on June 17, 2007, 12:52:27 PM

Title: help! please tell me what hd is compatible /w my motherboard
Post by: JohnsonL on June 17, 2007, 12:52:27 PM

my motherboard is a msi ms-7005. I know that i need to get an IDE hard drive but im a bit confused on things like "Ata-100" and all of that. I'm thinking of buying this hard drive (http://e3wwwtest.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144309). Can you please comment and tell me if that hard drive would be able to work on my computer? Much appreciated

Title: Re: help! please tell me what hd is compatible /w my motherboard
Post by: soybean on June 17, 2007, 01:24:08 PM

The only issue that might arise is whether your BIOS will support a 250GB drive.  This Western Digital reference, Why is the full capacity of EIDE drives larger than 137GB (128GB binary) not recognized in Windows 2000/XP? (http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=928&p_created=1049320914&p_sid=rHNP9nEi&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NDEmcF9wcm9kcz05MSw5MyZwX2NhdHM9MTg0JnBfcHY9Mi45MyZwX2N2PTEuMTg0JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfZm5sJnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&p_topview=1), only mentions motherboards with certain Intel chipsets as not supporting drives larger than 137GB.  Since your motherboard has an SiS chipset, I gather your motherboard will recognize the full capacity.