01-19-2006, 07:42 PM
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notebook hard drive
i have a 6gb that works with it and when i put in a 40gb it freezes at autodetecting ide devices, any suggestions?
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01-19-2006, 07:44 PM
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Could be limitations of the hardware. An older BIOS would get confused at anything over 32GB, a really old BIOS would freak after 8GB.
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01-19-2006, 10:18 PM
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any way to bypass this, change bios(without resoldering the chip, maby a hacked bios), someway of faking it out, anything i didn't think of...???
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01-20-2006, 12:38 AM
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There should be a jumper on your drive to set it to 32gb. If that isn't there, I have no idea.
Look at the laptop manufacture's site for any manuals or FAQs they might have about your model. There might be information there that can help you. |
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01-20-2006, 06:51 AM
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What brand/model notebook?
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01-20-2006, 10:14 AM
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A BIOS update might do it.
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01-20-2006, 10:30 PM
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newest bios from hp and its a n3250, look on the hitachi site and it didn't have a 32gb jumper setting.
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01-20-2006, 11:51 PM
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Is this a brand new drive? Try formatting it via USB external case if you got it.
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01-21-2006, 12:07 AM
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no i got it from a friend but i have tried it in two other older notebooks and it worked perfectly, and i don't think that matters if the bios doesn't like it.
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01-22-2006, 09:22 AM
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Better yet, partition it into two 20GB drives (or 10GB and 30GB) and see what happens.
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01-22-2006, 03:29 PM
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if the bios will not accept it what difference does the partitioning make?
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01-22-2006, 06:16 PM
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Unless someone has a trick up their sleeve, you are absolutely correct. Windows may identify the partition, but the BIOS could care less.
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01-22-2006, 10:34 PM
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aka the keg killer
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Mea Culpa - y'all are correct, and I wasn't thinking.
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