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тАО04-16-2004 07:45 AM
тАО04-16-2004 07:45 AM
Presario 5304 Hard Drive limit
Award bios 2A51MG09
Seies CM0204
WRA90710-3
Is the bios upgradable on this system and how big a hard drive can he install? Thanks Charles
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тАО04-17-2004 08:43 AM
тАО04-17-2004 08:43 AM
Re: Presario 5304 Hard Drive limit
Here's an article about hard disk drive size barriers, in general:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/size.htm
You may be able to get around the limitation by using software (free) from the HDD manufacturer's website OR by installing a PCI hard disk controller which will get around the problem AND improve performance (if the drives are ATA100 or ATA133).
Post the drive mfgr/model and I'll try to steer you.
Make a great day!
Roger
Roger
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тАО04-19-2004 12:51 AM
тАО04-19-2004 12:51 AM
Re: Presario 5304 Hard Drive limit
I am not used to Presario's, normally dont touch them. All of my computers that I manage are Compaq's but they are ProLiants and Deskpro's and some EVO's.
Thanks for your time
Charles
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тАО04-19-2004 03:32 AM
тАО04-19-2004 03:32 AM
Re: Presario 5304 Hard Drive limit
Sorry about that. I went into all that other stuff because there seems to be no BIOS upgrade available. When you install a larger HDD, can you go into the BIOS Setup program and have it detect the new drive and see if it is detected properly. If it is, try booting from a WIN98SE boot floppy (available from www.bootdisk.com) and run FDISK. See if FDISK can 'see' the entire hard disk drive. If you can, you may be able to create multiple smaller (4GB?) partitions to solve the problem without using the suggestions I posted previously.
HTH
Roger
Roger
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тАО12-21-2004 11:48 AM
тАО12-21-2004 11:48 AM
Re: Presario 5304 Hard Drive limit
Perhaps it is hidden with a special keystroke but it is not displayed to the user.