Re: 32GB Limit
- From: "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 21 Nov 2005 23:49:29 -0800
mcp6453 wrote:
> How can I tell whether the computer BIOS limits hard drive size to 8GB
> or 32GB. Because of the age of the computer, I'm sure it is not over 32GB.
Have you checked www.wimsbios.com, especially the forum about BIOS HD
size limits?
There are two tiny DOS programs, tint13e and ext13h, that can check if
the BIOS supports the 32GB limit (you'll probably have to use a DOS
boot disk), and at www.48bitlba.com is a program that can check if
drives larger than 137GB are supported or not. But I don't know of a
program that can tell if the BIOS supports >32GB and <137GB, at least
not without an HD attached.
If the BIOS is Award ver. 4.51, then it supports 32GB, and some of the
people over at Wim's BIOS can modify this for 137GB support. I think
that 32GB support was added by Award and AMI in late 1997 or early
1998, while 137GB support was added in late 1999 by Award, 2000 by AMI.
.
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