Wierd BIOS/HD/CD issue...

[alkemyst]

Everything is working fine in XP Pro...however; if I use the Hitachi Drive tool it will not see my SATA HD.

My current config is

IDE1 Master: SuperDisc (shows as master 1 in the BIOS)
IDE2 Master: DVD (shows as master 2 in the BIOS)
SATA1: Hitachi HD (shows as master 3 in the BIOS)

This the BIOS sees fine, but the drive tool will not see the HD.

If I move the hitachi to SATA4 then it's shown as Master 4 in the BIOS but only 137GB...Hitachi Drive tools sees it fine.

What I have been doing is just moving it to the other port if I want to access the HD settings...


Anyone know why this is and if there is a configuration problem I am not seeing?

The motherboard is a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI

Thanks

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[mpilchfamily]

Just leave it attached to the SATA4 spot. No need to move it. Just make sure the motherboard knows to boot from that location.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
Just leave it attached to the SATA4 spot. No need to move it. Just make sure the motherboard knows to boot from that location.

what about only seeing it as a 137GB drive when it detects it (it's a 750GB)?

 

[supremelaw]

Isn't there an "LBA" feature that must be enabled
before a native BIOS can address more than 137GB?

That number -- 137GB -- sure rings a bell from my past.


Update:

I just used Google to search for:

"137GB limit"

... and it found a TON of documentation!


Sincerely yours,
/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell, Inventor and
Webmaster, Supreme Law Library

All Rights Reserved without Prejudice

 

[alkemyst]

It sees it fine on the one channel via auto detect...it doesn't on the other channel via auto detect. All 4 sata are on the same controller.

This is my question. Not how to manually configure the drive so it works.

 

[alkemyst]

I found out that the BIOS sees it at 137GB until the next reboot and then it's fine.

The problem I have now is on SATA channel 3 or 4 it boots fine up to the XP start screen, the Hitachi Feature tool works fine, but as soon as the files all load for XP I get a STOP 0x0000007B BSOD.

I do have a SCSI card in my machine (for my DVD and scanner). I have the latest chipset drivers.

Anyone know?

 

[alkemyst]

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