help breaking 32gb barrier

mothman · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:49 am Post subject: help breaking 32gb barrier

Hello there, I recently got an extra 400GB HDD for a friends PC but it only formats to around 32GB.
I ran the AMIBIOS Motherboard Identification Utility and got the following results:

BIOS String info:

An AMIBIOS ID String Was Detected:

62-1001-001199-00101111-071595-V694V686
- ---- ------ ------
| | | |
| | | Chipset/BIOS Info
| | BIOS Build Date
| Manufacturer ID
BIOS ROM Information

AMIBIOS ROM Size: 256 KB

BIOS Build Date: Jul 15 1995

Motherboard Manufacturer Code Detected: 1199 - Giga Byte Co., Ltd.

Please Consults Giga Byte Co., Ltd. for support

AMIBIOS Build Tag: GA694006�

AMIBIOS Project ID: GA694006 Not listed in TAG.DAT file

For more information on upgrading your BIOS go to www.ami.com/bios.
SMBIOS info:

Manufacturer : Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd
Product Name : 6VXC7-4X
Version : 1.0
Serial Number: 00000000

Is there any way to get it to the 137GB mark and if so am i able to utilize the entire 400GB by partitioning?

cp · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject:

no fixes for AMIBIOSes..but if you're using Windows XP SP2/2000 SP4 or Linux you can get around the BIOS limitation fairly easy. Please read the sticky note in this subsection.

Denniss · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/...px?ProductID=1449

Please verify that you really have thios board installed in your PC. Gigabyte boards should be clearly marked with a model number, usually between the PCI slots.

also your HDD may be jumpered to 32GB, check the manufacturer documentation how to remove this clip and to see at least 128GB. All above is available with OS (W2K/XP with latest servicepacks, newer Windoze OS without problems as well as a somewhat recent Linux)
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mothman · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys, stupid me setting to 32g limit without fully reading the documentation properly. I set the hard drive to slave due to it not booting and this seems to be the cause of my problems

Thanks for the help.

mothman · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject:

Ive just fixed the jumper settings on the hard drive, it is detected in the bios but now the system drive is not detected. Any suggestions?
The only way i got the 2 drives going at once was to set to slave which capped me at 32GB

KachiWachi · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:53 am Post subject:

It sounds to me like something is not jumpered properly.

Please verify both HDD jumper settings.

Thanks.
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