KT7-RAID + 45GB 75GXP = Only 8GB?

[gorgonous656]

I'm attempting to fdisk a 45GB IBM 75GXP using the fdisk that comes with Win98SE, but it doesn't seem to be seeing anything above 8GB. I know this used to be a problem with old BIOSes, but I'm sure you all know that this is new.

Any idea what might be causing it to be stuck at the 8GB limit? I haven't seen any settings in the BIOS that would do this. But I might just be overlooking it.

Ideas/Suggestions/Solutions would be greatly appriciated.

 

[rootaxs]

Are you running in RAID configuration? if so, what are the Disks used?

 

[gorgonous656]

Nope.. Just one drive. Here's the configuration:

IDE-0 (Pri. Master): IBM 75GXP 45GB
IDE-2 (Sec. Master): Pioneer 10X DVD
IDE-3 (Sec. Slave): Sony CD-RW

These are all on the 'regular' IDE channels. Not the RAID ones. Just mentioned that it was a KT7-RAID in case it had some sort of relavence.

 

[rootaxs]

ic. and i assume your BIOS settings are correct? Did you use Auto-Detect for the drive or did you enter the info manually?

If it's on Auto-detect and it still doesn't work try manual. If still this doesn't work you might want to check the drive. I've come across several drives that allow you to hardware disable anything over 8gb - not sure if IBM drives have this but it's worth checking out on their manuals and such.

 

[gorgonous656]

It would detect at 45GB. It took a while to figre out.. And I still don't quite understand why this worked. But there's different jumper sections for different types of drives. I just tried them all. Apparently it liked it being a 15 head drive instead of 16.

 

[rootaxs]

u know what? i couldn't figure that out myself... most of the larger drives i've played with also preferred 15 over 16.

in some cases i even had to run it in non-lba mode to work properly...