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From: James Sassman on 17 Apr 2008 15:32 "Rene" <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:C1KNj.24406$Q95.2391(a)newsfe23.ams2... > "James Sassman" <jsassman(a)radiks.net> schreef in bericht > news:RamdnRBAvpgcu5rVnZ2dnUVZ_q6mnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... >> I've decided to use Norton Partition Magic 8.0 rather than trying to get >> that controller card to work by switching PCI slots. >> Norton formatted the 250 GB drive into two partitions. One has 108 and >> the >> second has 127 gigs of total space. That is only 15 gigs unallocated and >> that is acceptable to me. >> Thanks again for your assistance! > > You're welcome, I am a bit puzzled though about what You have done now. Am > I correct that You are not using the controller anymore and have connected > the drive to the onboard controller? If so, what was the reason that You > bought the controller in the first place? Maybe in the store they told You > You would need it because the mobo would not support disks >137GB? That is > not the problem here, You would have not been able to format in 2 > partitions if it were because that kind of maximum size is not about > partitions but about the entire disk. > BTW I do not know whether You have actually seen that there are 15 GB's > unallocated or if You have simply subtracted (108+127) from 250. In the > latter case I do not think any space is unused because the GB's You are > talking about are "real" GB's (meaning 1024*1024*1024) where the 250 > "GB's" of the manufacturer are "decimal" GB's, meaning 1000*1000*1000. In > that case Your current situation can be considered perfect I think. If You > would want to, You might even try to repartition it into other sizes (or > maybe You would prefer it to be one big station) as You should not be > bound by that 137 GB limit (I think You let Yourself be guided by that in > choosing the sizes of Your partitions). > > I hope You'll be ably to enjoy Your system with this expansion of hd space > for a long time! > > Yours sincerely, > Rene > > P.S. May I ask what processor You are using on the board? Just curious... > (On my own A7V I have an Athlon 1300, my friend has one at 700 MHz). > I bought the controller because the onboard controller does not recognize discs larger than 137gb. When I used Western Digital's Data Lifeguard tools, it formatted around 127 gb. That was a complete surprise to me--until reading the documentation and reason for it. I have just not kept up on this stuff anymore and have other interests. The PC is old. I think I built this system when the A7V was a fairly new board and Asus soon came out with the A7V 133. That was approximately 2001. I've already had one WD drive fail and the second one is probably weak having run for around 7 years now. It's simply time to move on by building a new system, updating to Vista or going back where I came from which is a much friendlier environment! I just don't want to take the risk of pulling PCI cards, reinstalling them, to find out of the Adaptec controller will work in one of them. I've already had it in the bottom PCI slot--and that is where the PC stopped, hung, at the ESCD configuration text screen during bootup. I've also had the card in slot three and it did not work there: I believe there was an IRQ conflict with the onboard controller but I have not been documenting this. Since building this PC, the recognition of larger discs is also a feature of new boards. Norton says 15 GB is unallocated. My PC has an Athalon 1.2
From: Rene on 18 Apr 2008 05:10 "James Sassman" <jsassman(a)radiks.net> schreef in bericht news:g8CdnT-fLoxIOJrVnZ2dnUVZ_s2tnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > I bought the controller because the onboard controller does not recognize > discs larger than 137gb. When I used Western Digital's Data Lifeguard > tools, it formatted around 127 gb. That was a complete surprise to > me--until reading the documentation and reason for it. I have just not > kept up on this stuff anymore and have other interests. It does however support these drives, You just need BIOS version 1011. I think You have this version, because otherwise You would not have been able to do what You have done now, like I said, it is not about the partition size but about the entire disk and obviously that is working OK now. Well, take care and good luck for Your next computer! Yours sincerely, Rene
From: James Sassman on 18 Apr 2008 13:34 "Rene" <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:yEZNj.25621$Ka7.18469(a)newsfe30.ams2... > "James Sassman" <jsassman(a)radiks.net> schreef in bericht > news:g8CdnT-fLoxIOJrVnZ2dnUVZ_s2tnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... >> I bought the controller because the onboard controller does not recognize >> discs larger than 137gb. When I used Western Digital's Data Lifeguard >> tools, it formatted around 127 gb. That was a complete surprise to >> me--until reading the documentation and reason for it. I have just not >> kept up on this stuff anymore and have other interests. > > It does however support these drives, You just need BIOS version 1011. I > think You have this version, because otherwise You would not have been > able to do what You have done now, like I said, it is not about the > partition size but about the entire disk and obviously that is working OK > now. > > Well, take care and good luck for Your next computer! > > Yours sincerely, > Rene > Actually, I just checked at boot-up to see the BIOS version. It is 1009. I have recently downloaded later ones, including 1011 because I thought it might be the case that larger drives were supported. I'm not sure why I have gotten the results I have seen with the 1009 BIOS but Norton was able to create two partitions and WD tools was not. Also, it has been a long time since I even thought about new BIOS versions because Asus had not provided any new ones for the A7V back when I was looking for them. So, the later version or versions surprises me somewhat. Again, thanks for your assistance! It has been interesting and has rekindled some interests in my life!
From: Rene on 18 Apr 2008 14:20
"James Sassman" <jsassman(a)radiks.net> schreef in bericht news:oISdnVvyEZIbRpXVnZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > > "Rene" <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote in message > news:yEZNj.25621$Ka7.18469(a)newsfe30.ams2... >> "James Sassman" <jsassman(a)radiks.net> schreef in bericht >> news:g8CdnT-fLoxIOJrVnZ2dnUVZ_s2tnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... >>> I bought the controller because the onboard controller does not >>> recognize discs larger than 137gb. When I used Western Digital's Data >>> Lifeguard tools, it formatted around 127 gb. That was a complete >>> surprise to me--until reading the documentation and reason for it. I >>> have just not kept up on this stuff anymore and have other interests. >> >> It does however support these drives, You just need BIOS version 1011. I >> think You have this version, because otherwise You would not have been >> able to do what You have done now, like I said, it is not about the >> partition size but about the entire disk and obviously that is working OK >> now. >> >> Well, take care and good luck for Your next computer! >> >> Yours sincerely, >> Rene >> > Actually, I just checked at boot-up to see the BIOS version. It is 1009. I > have recently downloaded later ones, including 1011 because I thought it > might be the case that larger drives were supported. I'm not sure why I > have gotten the results I have seen with the 1009 BIOS but Norton was able > to create two partitions and WD tools was not. Also, it has been a long > time since I even thought about new BIOS versions because Asus had not > provided any new ones for the A7V back when I was looking for them. So, > the later version or versions surprises me somewhat. > > Again, thanks for your assistance! It has been interesting and has > rekindled some interests in my life! Now that is nice to hear, again, You're welcome! Sincerely, Rene |