Does the Biostar K8VHA Pro have a 48bit LBA-compatible BIOS?

the Black Monarch · Post by **the Black Monarch** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:38 pm

I've already downloaded XP Service Pack 1 and edited the Windows registry, but my computer still won't recognize more than 128 GB on my 250 GB hard drive. According to the folks at Western Digital (even though my HD is a Maxtor), the only other requirement for breaking the 128-GB barrier is that my BIOS needs to be 48-bit LBA-compatible. But shouldn't all mobos made after a certain date have this ability?

I'm confused. And on top of it all, my computer reboots itself for no reason every few hours (and no, it's not Remote Procedure Call - I fixed that. This one gives no warning at all, it's like it just cuts power to the system).

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:23 pm

why go through all this truble. just partion the damn thing into 2 125gb

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 3:59 am

madmag>> It's a BIOS limit, nothing else is going to see >128GB unless the BIOS see all of it.

Try a BIOS update, if that fails there is overlay software you can install that will allow your computer to see the space even if your BIOS does not...

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 4:12 am

I got around this by getting a cheap but cheerful Promise TX2 ultra ide controller card (even though I have a different mobo, same issue)

It was worth getting anyway for the extra ide channels.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 4:20 am

AbsoluteDestiny wrote:I got around this by getting a cheap but cheerful Promise TX2 ultra ide controller card (even though I have a different mobo, same issue)

It was worth getting anyway for the extra ide channels.

Yeah and alot of times the perfomance is better than the onboard controller =/

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:18 pm

o sorry. i though windows was cozing the problem. i also heard that the ide controllers coz compatibility problems...

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:08 pm

IDE controllers, no not really. On versions of Windows NT/2K/XP you have to tap F6 during setup to install the proper driver for the card in before you install windows or else windows will not see the drives. If you're swaping from onboard to the controller you need to make sure you install the controller driver before swaping over...

SS5_Majin_Bebi · Post by **SS5_Majin_Bebi** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:21 pm

I always thought that if your mobo had an ATA/133 controller you could have drives well above 137gb. Conidering the theoretical differences between the maximum size on a ATA/100 controller compared to the max on a ATA/133...well, ATA/133 can support something 120, 000 times bigger than ATA/100.

At least thats what I read...

the Black Monarch · Post by **the Black Monarch** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 6:13 am

klinky wrote: there is overlay software you can install that will allow your computer to see the space even if your BIOS does not...

Elaborate.