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Patrick Vervoorn
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 Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 4:42 am Post subject: GigaByte GA-8PE667 Ultra, max ATA harddisk? |
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Hello,
What's the maximum size ATA harddisk I can connect to a GigaByte GA-8PE667
Ultra mainboard, with the latest BIOS revision I could find (F3 I
believe)?
Can I expect to connect and operate, without having to install any
third-party 'disk-drivers', a 320GB ATA100 disk?
Regards,
Patrick. |
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Meister
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: GigaByte GA-8PE667 Ultra, max ATA harddisk? |
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In theory you can install two on each IDE connector.
So there are Primary / Secondary IDE 1,2 and
RAID /ATA 133 Green Connectors IDE 3,4 .
You can use IDE 4 & 4 either as RAID or ATA 133
( p.19 says on User's manual). But I cannot make
IDE 3&4 to show the hard disc so far...-
I can see on START the Promise sees the HD
OK but it is not shown in Device manager or
in My Computer. I must be doing something wrong.
Użytkownik "Patrick Vervoorn" <patrick.vervoorn@NOSPAM.perihelion.demon.nl>
napisał w wiadomości news:aaec1$465b68ea$82a1d3bf$15964@news1.tudelft.nl...
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Hello,
What's the maximum size ATA harddisk I can connect to a GigaByte GA-8PE667
Ultra mainboard, with the latest BIOS revision I could find (F3 I
believe)?
Can I expect to connect and operate, without having to install any
third-party 'disk-drivers', a 320GB ATA100 disk?
Regards,
Patrick. |
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Patrick Vervoorn
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: GigaByte GA-8PE667 Ultra, max ATA harddisk? |
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In article <5c5mmpF2uhpseU1@mid.individual.net>,
Meister <meister@world.net> wrote:
[Top-posting & quoting fixed: please don't top-post]
| Quote: | Użytkownik "Patrick Vervoorn" <patrick.vervoorn@NOSPAM.perihelion.demon.nl
napisał w wiadomości news:aaec1$465b68ea$82a1d3bf$15964@news1.tudelft.nl...
Hello,
What's the maximum size ATA harddisk I can connect to a GigaByte GA-8PE667
Ultra mainboard, with the latest BIOS revision I could find (F3 I
believe)?
Can I expect to connect and operate, without having to install any
third-party 'disk-drivers', a 320GB ATA100 disk?
In theory you can install two on each IDE connector.
So there are Primary / Secondary IDE 1,2 and
RAID /ATA 133 Green Connectors IDE 3,4 .
You can use IDE 4 & 4 either as RAID or ATA 133
( p.19 says on User's manual). But I cannot make
IDE 3&4 to show the hard disc so far...-
I can see on START the Promise sees the HD
OK but it is not shown in Device manager or
in My Computer. I must be doing something wrong.
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I'm quiet aware of all this. I've even at one time connected a
harddisk-drive to the RAID port, but found the longer boot-time to be
pretty inconvenient. I also didn't notice any speed-increase. I think I
had to enable the RAID chipset to support a single HD, see the manual/BIOS
settings.
Anyway, I'm planning on connecting this 320GB drive as a slave to the IDE1
connector. Master on that IDE1 is currently a 120GB Maxtor driver, and I
wasn't planning on re-installing, or anything, I just need some more space
to store stuff. The 320GB is more or less right in the 'sweet spot'
currently when looking at the $/GB numbers...
Anyway, good luck with your problem, I think I'll find out myself soon
enough. I'll see if I can post a follow-up here with my experiences...
Regards, Patrick. |
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Meister
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject: Re: GigaByte GA-8PE667 Ultra, max ATA harddisk? |
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Użytkownik "Patrick Vervoorn" <patrick.vervoorn@NOSPAM.perihelion.demon.nl>
napisał w wiadomości news:7fa21$465daa01$82a1d3bf$18792@news2.tudelft.nl...
| Quote: | In article <5c5mmpF2uhpseU1@mid.individual.net>,
Meister <meister@world.net> wrote:
[Top-posting & quoting fixed: please don't top-post]
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Your preference is as good any.
Try to be more flexible..-;)
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Użytkownik "Patrick Vervoorn"
patrick.vervoorn@NOSPAM.perihelion.demon.nl
napisał w wiadomości
news:aaec1$465b68ea$82a1d3bf$15964@news1.tudelft.nl...
Hello,
What's the maximum size ATA harddisk I can connect to a GigaByte
GA-8PE667
Ultra mainboard, with the latest BIOS revision I could find (F3 I
believe)?
Can I expect to connect and operate, without having to install any
third-party 'disk-drivers', a 320GB ATA100 disk?
In theory you can install two on each IDE connector.
So there are Primary / Secondary IDE 1,2 and
RAID /ATA 133 Green Connectors IDE 3,4 .
You can use IDE 4 & 4 either as RAID or ATA 133
( p.19 says on User's manual). But I cannot make
IDE 3&4 to show the hard disc so far...-
I can see on START the Promise sees the HD
OK but it is not shown in Device manager or
in My Computer. I must be doing something wrong.
I'm quiet aware of all this. I've even at one time connected a
harddisk-drive to the RAID port, but found the longer boot-time to be
pretty inconvenient. I also didn't notice any speed-increase. I think I
had to enable the RAID chipset to support a single HD, see the manual/BIOS
settings.
Anyway, I'm planning on connecting this 320GB drive as a slave to the IDE1
connector. Master on that IDE1 is currently a 120GB Maxtor driver, and I
wasn't planning on re-installing, or anything, I just need some more space
to store stuff. The 320GB is more or less right in the 'sweet spot'
currently when looking at the $/GB numbers...
Anyway, good luck with your problem, I think I'll find out myself soon
enough. I'll see if I can post a follow-up here with my experiences...
Regards, Patrick. |
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