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Samsung 160gb hard drive
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grgenter
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27. February 2005 @ 20:14 |
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hello all, I installed this hard drive on my compaq presarrio system, win xp, & the system only shows it as an 80gb drive.
i went into the bios, but it dosn't allow me any options to change any configurations for the drives.
isn't there some kind of samsung dynamic drive overlay, I vaugely remember hearing this somewhere. also, i've heard about bios upgrading, but isn't too familiar with that either
Greg Roberts
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28. February 2005 @ 04:44 |
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hello, check the jumpers on your hard drive some hard drives have a jumper for capacity. go there first. if not:
how old is your system?
your system specs.
Dr.xp
Pentium D 805 2.66ghz
Foxconn 8400 GS 512 GDDR2 PCI-EX
2gb DDR2 Pc2-5300
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28. February 2005 @ 04:48 |
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hey! some other thing. is the hard drive brand new?
does it had a partition before you use it for the first time?
because some partitions like fat32 is not detected by a system using nfts partition system. comonly use by winxp
let me know.
Dr.xp
Pentium D 805 2.66ghz
Foxconn 8400 GS 512 GDDR2 PCI-EX
2gb DDR2 Pc2-5300
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ScubaBud
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28. February 2005 @ 05:04 |
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Bios update?
Windows service packs? Even though less the 137 gig...
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28. February 2005 @ 05:07 |
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WHAT?
Dr.xp
Pentium D 805 2.66ghz
Foxconn 8400 GS 512 GDDR2 PCI-EX
2gb DDR2 Pc2-5300
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ScubaBud
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28. February 2005 @ 05:29 |
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Drives larger than 137M require Windows XP 2000 SP 3, or higher, Windows XP SP 1, or higher or ATA 133 PCI card plus the latest bios.
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haymarket
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28. February 2005 @ 08:45 |
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What size hard drive is recognised by the Bios - should show up when you load and the bios detects devices
"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask?
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ddp
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28. February 2005 @ 09:35 |
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are you certain it is supposed to be 160gig but was sold a 80gig??
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ScubaBud
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28. February 2005 @ 13:50 |
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ddp
;-) You might be on to something there...
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Starbuck1
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1. March 2005 @ 11:12 |
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ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe I875P
3.4 GHz Pentium 4 Northwood
1 GB Kingston
Plextor 716A Dvd-Rw
74 GB WD Raptor SATA HD@10000rpm
200 GB Maxtor HD@7200rpm
GeForce 6800 GT
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ScubaBud
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1. March 2005 @ 11:37 |
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Here is another gif that doesn't have the arrows and never shuts off.
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ddp
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1. March 2005 @ 11:52 |
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Starbuck1, nothing mentions 80gig in your link, the closes is 64gig so my statement still stands from my previous post & i think ScubaBud is seeing the same thing as i do!!
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Starbuck1
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1. March 2005 @ 12:01 |
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Thanks, Scuba. I found my other gif and am trying to hook it up. I appreciate that one though!!
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe I875P
3.4 GHz Pentium 4 Northwood
1 GB Kingston
Plextor 716A Dvd-Rw
74 GB WD Raptor SATA HD@10000rpm
200 GB Maxtor HD@7200rpm
GeForce 6800 GT
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ScubaBud
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1. March 2005 @ 12:02 |
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I do agree with ddp on this:
If it was a bios issue, he would be seeing 137 GB not 80GB.
We need more info from him such as:
Is it new... did you buy it from a friend, etc. and better yet, what are the markings on the actual HD so we could do a search on the web for complete specifications?
Maybe there is a jumper setting causing it to configure to 80 instead of 160, but without the specs, its all conjecture.
Next in line should be grgenter with more info for all of us.
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Starbuck1
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1. March 2005 @ 12:05 |
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Sorry, guys, I never heard anything about an 80GB limit; just the 137GB limit; that's what the link was all about. I agree with you guys; need more info.
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe I875P
3.4 GHz Pentium 4 Northwood
1 GB Kingston
Plextor 716A Dvd-Rw
74 GB WD Raptor SATA HD@10000rpm
200 GB Maxtor HD@7200rpm
GeForce 6800 GT
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haymarket
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1. March 2005 @ 12:22 |
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"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask?
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ddp
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1. March 2005 @ 12:34 |
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i've done a 120gig in fat32 but customer's computer was having problems formatting it. ends up the problem was 12 capacitors that were domed so i replaced them. but in meantime format the drive in another computer still in fat32
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