BIOS question

BIOS update, EIDE card, or overlay software? (FAQ Hard disk recognition)
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washi
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Hello :D

I got a question. I want to by a new 250 GB SATA HD. But my computer is a litte bit old (4-5 years), so i want to know if my bios will detect the harddrive. Because my computer is so old, I want to connect the HD with a PCi-card. So I connect the drive to the pci-card and the pci-card in my computer. Will this be possible without having trouble?

Motherbord: MS-6323
and i'm running winxp Pro with SP2

and sorry for my (bad) english

washi
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The PCI SATa controller card should have its own Bios and should support big HDD. The mainboard Bios is not involved in HDD detection then.
washi
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So this means that I won't get any trouble with installing a big HD on a old computer?
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As long as the additional PCI controller supports them all is fine.
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So this is the solution for people with old computers :P

Thx a lot for yur help! :D
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