160 GB : 03/14/2002-VT8366-8233-K7VTA3C

[enneking]

Hello,

my new hard disk is not recognized. I got a 160 GB disk and my bios just show 136 GB of hard disk space.

Below you find the details of the bios:
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BIOS ID: 03/14/2002-VT8366-8233-K7VTA3C
OEM Sign-On: K7VTA3 Ver:1.2b 03/14/2002
BIOS Date: 03/14/02
BIOS Type: Award
Chipset: VIA 82C3099 rev 0
OS: Win2000 SP4
BIOS ROM Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 256 MB
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 1400 Mhz MAX: 1500 Mhz

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The revision of the Board is 1.0

Thank you in advance for any help or suggestions ...

Christian

[cp]

get a bios update here

which operating system are you using? windows xp (sp2), windows 2k (sp4) and linux don't need the bios to know the correct size of the hdd to use its full size. just make sure that your boot partition lives within the space that the bios is able to detect (in your case: 136GB).

[enneking]

Hello,

Thank you for your reply. I am using Win 2k Sp4.

Can you specify a Program to view the unallocated space ?

Thank you for your respondse.


Christian

[cp]

no special program needed. just use the windows build in drive manager. it should look something like this.
your disc should show up as 149GB HDD.

[Denniss]

You have already installed the latest Bios for K7VTA3 Rev 1.x

A good source for informations around these issues:
www.48bitlba.com