Old Machine Won't Recognize HDD
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Posted by geezer on December 29, 2005, 5:36 am
Please log in for more thread options an old computer that a neighbor threw away. He says he got it running, but that it has a very small HDD. He wants to put a larger (say 8 GB) in it, but it won't recognize the drive at all. He lives 100 miles away, so I can't see the machine to judge for myself what the problem is. I suggested to him that maybe the BIOS would not recognize larger drives, or that he may have to set a drive's cylinder, tracks, etc manually in the BIOS. This is what he says: This eMachines has a motherboard I have never heard of and an AMIBIOS of limited capabilities. A drop down menu offers specific combinations of numbers you can select. None rise to the magnitude of what was in there previously. Changing out three hard drives seems to have the BIOS thoroughly confused. Not it recognizes none of them. Individually, or even as master/slave. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks Geezer | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Jim on December 29, 2005, 10:14 am
Please log in for more thread options Sometimes the BIOS can be updated to handle larger HDs, but it sounds like this may be difficult unless you can find the mobo manufacturer and an update. But it almost doesn't matter, if the mobo supports PCI, you could just get yourself a Promise Ultra100 TX2 PCI controller card off eBay for $10-20 shipped, and use that instead. Nothing says you HAVE to use the on-board controllers and be stuck w/ whatever limitations exist therein. Of course, you could also consider a similar approach w/ SATA HDs as well. Just get an appropriate extension card. Jim > Thanks
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Posted by Shep© on December 29, 2005, 10:43 am
Please log in for more thread options On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:36:00 GMT If you fall from a tree,leave your
>I have a friend who is always messing with things - he has inherited
>an old computer that a neighbor threw away. He says he got it >running, but that it has a very small HDD. He wants to put a larger >(say 8 GB) in it, but it won't recognize the drive at all. > >He lives 100 miles away, so I can't see the machine to judge for >myself what the problem is. I suggested to him that maybe the BIOS >would not recognize larger drives, or that he may have to set a >drive's cylinder, tracks, etc manually in the BIOS. > >This is what he says: > >This eMachines has a motherboard I have never heard of and an AMIBIOS >of limited capabilities. A drop down menu offers specific combinations >of numbers you can select. None rise to the magnitude of what was in >there previously. > >Changing out three hard drives seems to have the BIOS thoroughly >confused. Not it recognizes none of them. Individually, or even as >master/slave. > >Does anyone have any ideas? > >Thanks > >Geezer See other post and tell him to put one drive in with correct hard drive jumper settings, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/hard.html and pull power cord out and clear BIOS and then retry. HTH :) -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=88558 | |||||||||||||
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Posted by geezer on December 29, 2005, 12:03 pm
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>On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:36:00 GMT If you fall from a tree,leave your
> >>I have a friend who is always messing with things - he has inherited
>>an old computer that a neighbor threw away. He says he got it >>running, but that it has a very small HDD. He wants to put a larger >>(say 8 GB) in it, but it won't recognize the drive at all. >> >>He lives 100 miles away, so I can't see the machine to judge for >>myself what the problem is. I suggested to him that maybe the BIOS >>would not recognize larger drives, or that he may have to set a >>drive's cylinder, tracks, etc manually in the BIOS. >> >>This is what he says: >> >>This eMachines has a motherboard I have never heard of and an AMIBIOS >>of limited capabilities. A drop down menu offers specific combinations >>of numbers you can select. None rise to the magnitude of what was in >>there previously. >> >>Changing out three hard drives seems to have the BIOS thoroughly >>confused. Not it recognizes none of them. Individually, or even as >>master/slave. >> >>Does anyone have any ideas? >> >>Thanks >> >>Geezer >
>See other post and tell him to put one drive in with correct hard >drive jumper settings, >http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/hard.html > >and pull power cord out and clear BIOS and then retry. >HTH :) ME2 Thanks | |||||||||||||
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> an old computer that a neighbor threw away. He says he got it
> running, but that it has a very small HDD. He wants to put a larger
> (say 8 GB) in it, but it won't recognize the drive at all.
>
> He lives 100 miles away, so I can't see the machine to judge for
> myself what the problem is. I suggested to him that maybe the BIOS
> would not recognize larger drives, or that he may have to set a
> drive's cylinder, tracks, etc manually in the BIOS.
>
> This is what he says:
>
> This eMachines has a motherboard I have never heard of and an AMIBIOS
> of limited capabilities. A drop down menu offers specific combinations
> of numbers you can select. None rise to the magnitude of what was in
> there previously.
>
> Changing out three hard drives seems to have the BIOS thoroughly
> confused. Not it recognizes none of them. Individually, or even as
> master/slave.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>