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Old 30 July 2004, 09:08 PM
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Question What's The Max HDD Size?

Hi All,

I have an ASUS A7A266-E motherboard, with an Athlon XP 1800+. I currently have two HDDs - one at 60GB and one at 80GB. I am buying a Western Digital 200GB drive from a mate at work, but I am worried that my board won't recognise it. I have checked ASUS's website, but it doesn't say what the maximum HDD size is.

Anybody got any ideas?

Thanks

Daniel
Old 30 July 2004, 09:59 PM
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isnt the size of the hard drive down to the operating system now
Old 30 July 2004, 10:19 PM
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not sure what the biggest is but I've got a 250GB. You won't have any problems. your mb supports UDMA 100/133 drives so just check its compatible with that
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Size isn't everything, technique is also important
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Originally Posted by SJ_Skyline
Size isn't everything, technique is also important

dont take any notice of what your lass says bigger is always better
Old 31 July 2004, 09:15 AM
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Thanks for the replies guys.

The drive is an ATA 100 EIDE drive, so I assume it will work? Oh well, I'll find out on Monday when I pick it up!

Thanks again

Daniel
Old 31 July 2004, 11:02 AM
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i reckon it will.

I've got Asus A7N8X m/board and have a 250 GB Hard drive.
Old 03 August 2004, 09:27 AM
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Plugged the drive in last night, and my motherboard sees it fine!

I'm now a happy bunny, with 340GB of HDD space!

Daniel
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At the moment the biggest you can buy is 400gb from hitachi.
they are holding back all the bigger drives. i know they have developed a 800gb drive, but dont seem to think there is a market for it yet
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