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200GB: Gateway WS440BX
Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 6:09 am
by JeffA
I have Gateway essential PC, installed a 200G HD. See's 33G in bios and when XP installs. I have updated bios to latest 4W4SB0X0.15A.0019.P14. It has an Intel WS440BX mother board (AA 744110-206) and a PIII 550mhz processor. What are my options?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 6:34 pm
by soupy
Best bet is an add-on EIDE controller card.
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 12:03 am
by JeffA
Thanks Soupy,
I have been looking for a new bios to get me to 137G but cannot find one. I have an early PII that I put in a 120G HD with no problem. Never thought a PIII would be so much trouble. Now I need to figure out how these controllers work. I have PCI 2.1 which supports 66mhz. Does that mean my PCI bus is 66mhz? My 200G HD is 133ata. Should I get a 133ata controller, will my system see the speed difference from a 100ata?
Thanks for your help
Jeff
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 11:19 am
by Denniss
XP should be able to adress the full HDD size using XP-own HDD managment tools.
If not then use an Add-on PCI Controller card but make sure it's backwards compatible to PCI 2.1 - some of them require PCI 2.2 .
There's almost no difference in speed between ATA100 and 133.
