200 GB Maxtor ATA HD, 11/24/1998-i430TX-W977TF-2A59IF2BC-00

BIOS update, EIDE card, or overlay software? (FAQ Hard disk recognition)
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Freetech P5F85/P5F87 Motherboard

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No way to patch this Bios that high. Maximum native support is 128GB. If you have W2K/XP with latest SP or Linux then all above should be supported by OS
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I have update the BIOS to support 128GB HD and I have had install a 80GB HD on my computer.

But the BIOS could not recognize my 200G Maxtor HD even not recognize as a 128GB HD. The auto detect process hung up.

I try to set jumper to limit the driver capacity to 32GB, the BIOS could recognized it.

If I install a linux 2.6 on the 32GB space, whether the linux could see all the space of my new 200G Maxtor HD when the linux 2.6 system boot up?
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Yep - all noted OS should be able to use the area above 32GB. Is there a special option to limit this drive to 128GB ?
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oh, yeah!

I have installed a Suse 9.3 Linux on my 200G HD.

Now I could see all my 200GB space ~ thanks!

There is not a option to limit this driver to 128GB, only a jumper to limit this driver to 32GB. If I did not set the jumper to limit this driver to 32GB, the BIOS could not detected it and the auto detecting processing hung up.

finally, the problem have resolved, thanks !
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