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BIOS or IDE-interface problem ?

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 8:32 am
by TheSwede
Hi!

A person said to me that limitations in detecting the right hdd size is an IDE-interface problem and not a BIOS problem, is he right ? If it was true I suppose that BIOS updates wouldn't help couse the problem is in the hardware (IDE-interface in the southbridge), so I think he is wrong.

If he is true, are all hdd detecting problems a limitation in the IDE-interface or only >504MB (EIDE) ? URL:s are appreciated, I would like to read some more about the IDE-interface! :-)

Sincerly,

//Henrik in Sweden

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 2:00 pm
by KachiWachi

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 8:48 pm
by Rainbow
With recent BIOS, you can use a 120GB drive on old ISA IDE controller - it's only software (BIOS) limitation.