What size limit and for which BIOS rev?
thanks
Vic...

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 01:31:28 -0600 Not letting inanimate objects know
I'm a in a hurry "Vic" <vasaudio (AT) charter (DOT) net> wrote :


137 gig for all unless it's a Pro board.




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Vic...

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On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:34:24 -0600 Not letting inanimate objects know
I'm a in a hurry "Vic" <vasaudio (AT) charter (DOT) net> wrote :

You can most likely use a Disk Overlay program but I wouldn't
bother.Also PCI add-on cards are cheapish,
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/review...ware_00034.asp
and give the advantage of more IDE ports which can help with data
speeds if doing a lot of video/file manipulation of large files






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The max on a non pro K7S5A is 137 gb as said by shep. However if you
get a $20 IDE PCI card, you can used a HD over 137 gb on any of the
K7S5a's. That is how I got my WD 180 gb working.

Vic (vasaudio (AT) charter (DOT) net) wrote:
: What size limit and for which BIOS rev?
: thanks
: Vic...

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:01:48 +0000, Shep© <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) net> wrote:

Shep, do you know if this this a hardware limitation, or a BIOS one?

In other words, if I flash my K7S5A v3.1 with a recent K7S5A Pro BIOS
(which I gather it's perfectly possible to do), will I then be able to
use hard drives bigger than 137GB? I'm a little unsure about this.

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Also, if you don't already have the larger drive, look when you buy
.... my 160G Maxtor included an ATA133 PCI card. Works great on my K7S5A.

Brian Campbell wrote:

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 19:08:49 +0000 Not letting inanimate objects know
I'm a in a hurry Mike G <m.a.gordon (AT) ncl (DOT) ac.uk> wrote :

They are one and the same i'm afraid.See other posts.A cheap PCI
add-on card is the best option as it also allows you to run your
drives on separate IDE ports thus helping file transfer speeds for
things like large file manipulation/video editing



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In article <501vsvgjtnfbig24mfftgccfbp7opboov3 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>, Mike G
<m.a.gordon (AT) ncl (DOT) ac.uk> writes

I flashed a Pro BIOS into my K7S5A without any problems, but didn't have
a >137Gb drive to test it with. The BIOS I used was the official 021216
and this has been a good, reliable one.

If the new Pro BIOS supports LBA48, yes. Don't forget to enable support
in the OS as well.

Another solution is a PCI IDE card, but it'll be sharing PCI bandwidth
with your other cards. If you have a lot of cards, or high-bandwidth
cards (TV card, 1Gbit ethernet), you may experience "stuttering" as they
compete for bandwidth with the IDE.

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