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Hello Everyone,

I just purchased an Intel D865PERLL motherboard because I had heard they
made the most reliable and compatible boards on the market (but definitely
not the fastest!). However, to my surprise I have found that they do not
support drives over 137GB, even on the SATA-150 channels (unless I'm missing
something). So, I will return it.

I would like some recommendations from people based upon their experiences
if you don't mind. I'm not a gamer and the most important consideration is
stability and compatibility rather than blinding speed and tweakability. I
already have an Intel P4 2.8C processor, 2ea. 512MB matched DDR-400s, and a
WD 200GB SATA-150 HD. The following are my requirements, which I believe
are fairly standard:

1. Intel chipset - 865 or later
2. 800MHz FSB
3. Dual channel DDR-400
4. BIOS support for 200MB/250MB SATA and ATA drives
5. 5ea PCI slots
6. 1ea 4X-8X AGP slot
7. On board LAN and USB

Of course, I would welcome additional on board peripherals such as firewire
(but on board video is not a plus for me since I plan to use a separate
2-head nVidia AGP card and nVidia PCI video card for 3-monitor support).

Thanks for your help,
Ray Mitchell
RayMitchell_NOSPAM_@MeanOldTeacher.com

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In article <ePmKc.6864$Qu5.5005@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
RayMitchell@MeanOldTeacher.com says...
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I just purchased an Intel D865PERLL motherboard because I had heard they
> made the most reliable and compatible boards on the market (but definitely
> not the fastest!). However, to my surprise I have found that they do not
> support drives over 137GB, even on the SATA-150 channels (unless I'm missing
> something). So, I will return it.
>
> I would like some recommendations from people based upon their experiences
> if you don't mind. I'm not a gamer and the most important consideration is
> stability and compatibility rather than blinding speed and tweakability. I
> already have an Intel P4 2.8C processor, 2ea. 512MB matched DDR-400s, and a
> WD 200GB SATA-150 HD. The following are my requirements, which I believe
> are fairly standard:
>
SNIP

Asus P4C800-E Deluxe;

http://uk.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m [...] e&langs=11

HTH

Kenchie.

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If you are running XP you need SP1 to use the full size of a hard drive over
137 gig.


"Ray Mitchell" <RayMitchell@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote in message
news:ePmKc.6864$Qu5.5005@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I just purchased an Intel D865PERLL motherboard because I had heard they
> made the most reliable and compatible boards on the market (but definitely
> not the fastest!). However, to my surprise I have found that they do not
> support drives over 137GB, even on the SATA-150 channels (unless I'm
missing
> something). So, I will return it.
>
> I would like some recommendations from people based upon their experiences
> if you don't mind. I'm not a gamer and the most important consideration
is
> stability and compatibility rather than blinding speed and tweakability.
I
> already have an Intel P4 2.8C processor, 2ea. 512MB matched DDR-400s, and
a
> WD 200GB SATA-150 HD. The following are my requirements, which I believe
> are fairly standard:
>
> 1. Intel chipset - 865 or later
> 2. 800MHz FSB
> 3. Dual channel DDR-400
> 4. BIOS support for 200MB/250MB SATA and ATA drives
> 5. 5ea PCI slots
> 6. 1ea 4X-8X AGP slot
> 7. On board LAN and USB
>
> Of course, I would welcome additional on board peripherals such as
firewire
> (but on board video is not a plus for me since I plan to use a separate
> 2-head nVidia AGP card and nVidia PCI video card for 3-monitor support).
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Ray Mitchell
> RayMitchell_NOSPAM_@MeanOldTeacher.com
>
>

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Thanks for the suggestion. However, I tried it with both XP SP1 and W2K
SP4. Unless I'm missing something there must be more to it than that. The
funny thing is that Intel says it will work if I use their Accelerator
application for Windows. However, they also say that the application is
only compatible with their older chipsets. Now there's a switch, their new
chipsets can't support big drives but their older ones could. Go figure!


"RonK" <imhere@home.net> wrote in message
news:wCnKc.56327$RD4.2539019@news20.bellglobal.com...
> If you are running XP you need SP1 to use the full size of a hard drive
over
> 137 gig.
>
>
> "Ray Mitchell" <RayMitchell@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote in message
> news:ePmKc.6864$Qu5.5005@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I just purchased an Intel D865PERLL motherboard because I had heard they
> > made the most reliable and compatible boards on the market (but
definitely
> > not the fastest!). However, to my surprise I have found that they do
not
> > support drives over 137GB, even on the SATA-150 channels (unless I'm
> missing
> > something). So, I will return it.
> >
> > I would like some recommendations from people based upon their
experiences
> > if you don't mind. I'm not a gamer and the most important consideration
> is
> > stability and compatibility rather than blinding speed and tweakability.
> I
> > already have an Intel P4 2.8C processor, 2ea. 512MB matched DDR-400s,
and
> a
> > WD 200GB SATA-150 HD. The following are my requirements, which I
believe
> > are fairly standard:
> >
> > 1. Intel chipset - 865 or later
> > 2. 800MHz FSB
> > 3. Dual channel DDR-400
> > 4. BIOS support for 200MB/250MB SATA and ATA drives
> > 5. 5ea PCI slots
> > 6. 1ea 4X-8X AGP slot
> > 7. On board LAN and USB
> >
> > Of course, I would welcome additional on board peripherals such as
> firewire
> > (but on board video is not a plus for me since I plan to use a separate
> > 2-head nVidia AGP card and nVidia PCI video card for 3-monitor support).
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Ray Mitchell
> > RayMitchell_NOSPAM_@MeanOldTeacher.com
> >
> >
>
>

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Ray Mitchell wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I just purchased an Intel D865PERLL motherboard because I had heard they
> made the most reliable and compatible boards on the market (but definitely
> not the fastest!). However, to my surprise I have found that they do not
> support drives over 137GB, even on the SATA-150 channels (unless I'm
> missing something). So, I will return it.

You must be missing something.

How do you know it doesn't support these larger drives?

Does it display the size in the BIOS? What size dos it display?

Ben
--
A7N8X FAQ: www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html
Questions by email will likely be ignored, please use the newsgroups.
I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...

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In article <62pKc.7010$Qu5.6457@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>, "Ray
Mitchell" <RayMitchell@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion. However, I tried it with both XP SP1 and W2K
> SP4. Unless I'm missing something there must be more to it than that. The
> funny thing is that Intel says it will work if I use their Accelerator
> application for Windows. However, they also say that the application is
> only compatible with their older chipsets. Now there's a switch, their new
> chipsets can't support big drives but their older ones could. Go figure!

A point you might be missing, is that, for a given chipset, the drivers
are provided by the manufacturer of the chipset. So, whether your
motherboard is made by Asus, Gigabyte, or Abit, they will all be shipping
the same Intel chipset installer to you. Swapping motherboards won't
fix anything, if they all have an 865PE/ICH5R on them.

Granted, different motherboards will have different peripherals on them.
So, if one board had a Via RAID, and another had a Promise RAID chip,
then sure, swapping boards would get you a different RAID chip with a
different set of issues. The Via drivers will be written by Via, and the
Promise drivers by Promise, so again, the manufacturer of the board
doesn't matter, in terms of driver quality.

As for IAA, there are two entirely different versions. Intel would
have been smart to come up with another marketing name, so it is
their loss. IAA, as far as I know, was written back when bus mastering
was introduced. The Microsoft OS at the time, knew nothing about
the DMA transfer of disk data, and the inherently higher performance it
offers. To support the feature until the OS situation improved, Intel
wrote a driver, to be used to get bus mastering to work. That became
the Intel Application Accelerator, a driver for a vanilla IDE interface
that allowed bus mastering to work.

Much time has passed since it was introduced. Now, we have Microsoft
OSes that have bus master support built in, meaning the default driver
is every bit as good as IAA from Intel. So, on the one hand, Intel can
afford to stop supporting IAA, as the market for it is effective zero.

The second thing that happened, is Intel has added RAID to the
Southbridge. No Microsoft OS knows about such a beast (in hardware),
so Intel wrote IAAR for the ICH5R Southbridge and WinXP OS. If not
doing RAID, the ports in question can still be used for stand alone
disk drives, so all Microsoft OSes can get some use from those ports.
(That is where the "Enhanced" and "Compatible" settings for the ports
come into play, in the BIOS. Your choice between the two settings,
is determined by which OS you plan on using.)

In terms of the Intel drivers, whether IAA/IAAR, you should be using
the latest one you can find, as earlier versions didn't properly
support 48bit addressing. In this case, I don't see a need for
either driver, as you are going to be using this disk as a vanilla
drive.

In terms of support, here is the official position of Asus:

http://www.asus.it/support/english [...] index.aspx

"Model manufactured after 1st January, 2003 will all support
48bit HDD (137 GB HDD)."

Manufacturers that use the same chips as Asus, will end up with
the same level of compatibility (they all rely on the same
BIOS providers, like Award or AMI).

I wish I could offer you a simple recipe, guaranteed to get the
job done - perhaps there are better news groups for that than
this one. I would recommend a WinXP install disk that already
has SP1 built into it, as if you are trying to install the OS
on a large disk, that would be the way to go. If the big disk
is being used as a data only disk, then you could install SP1
on the boot disk first, then add the big disk and go from there.

If you don't have a WinXP+SP1 install disk, you can make your
own with an original WinXP disk and a process called
"slipstreaming". These are some links I was given when the
topic came up before (thanks, Tim).

http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/A [...] 38619.html (slipstream)
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8892 (adding drivers?)
http://groups.google.com/groups?q= [...] P1+Drivers

Microsoft's answer is here, now more easy to understand after
it was rewritten:

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;303013

This thread seems to suggest you can install the OS on the big
disk, if the OS is kept below 137GB. Maybe slipstreaming SP1
or using a WinXP+SP1 install disk removes that limit.

http://groups.google.com/groups?th [...] otmail.com

Before putting live data on the disk, try copying large test files
until you get past the 137GB mark. If 48bit support isn't working
properly, the file system will be corrupted instantly when passing
that mark. That is due to the modulo rollover of the disk address,
and the resultant writing near the beginning of the disk, when your
request meant to write at a 137+ GB location.

My contribution in this post, is to not give up on the motherboard
you've got - the problems won't get easier by changing motherboards.
If you want to "dodge the bullet", swap the drive for some smaller
ones :-)

Paul

>
>
> "RonK" <imhere@home.net> wrote in message
> news:wCnKc.56327$RD4.2539019@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > If you are running XP you need SP1 to use the full size of a hard
> > drive over 137 gig.
> >
> >
> > "Ray Mitchell" <RayMitchell@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote in message
> > news:ePmKc.6864$Qu5.5005@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > >
> > > I just purchased an Intel D865PERLL motherboard because I had heard they
> > > made the most reliable and compatible boards on the market (but
> > > definitely not the fastest!). However, to my surprise I have
> > > found that they do not support drives over 137GB, even on the
> > > SATA-150 channels (unless I'm missing something). So, I will
> >> return it.
> > >
> > > I would like some recommendations from people based upon
> > > their experiences if you don't mind. I'm not a gamer and the
> > > most important consideration is stability and compatibility rather
> > > than blinding speed and tweakability. I already have an Intel P4
> > > 2.8C processor, 2ea. 512MB matched DDR-400s, and a WD 200GB
> > > SATA-150 HD. The following are my requirements, which I believe
> > > are fairly standard:
> > >
> > > 1. Intel chipset - 865 or later
> > > 2. 800MHz FSB
> > > 3. Dual channel DDR-400
> > > 4. BIOS support for 200MB/250MB SATA and ATA drives
> > > 5. 5ea PCI slots
> > > 6. 1ea 4X-8X AGP slot
> > > 7. On board LAN and USB
> > >
> > > Of course, I would welcome additional on board peripherals such
> > > as firewire (but on board video is not a plus for me since I plan
> > > to use a separate 2-head nVidia AGP card and nVidia PCI video card
> > > for 3-monitor support).
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help,
> > > Ray Mitchell
> > > RayMitchell_NOSPAM_@MeanOldTeacher.com

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Ray,

Paul and Ron are both right on this.

You have several options of which I will mention only 2.

1st. Create your C drive with a size of less than the limit EG 32 GB and
create whatever partitions you want to utilize the remaining space. My
preference is to segregate System from Data so with XP C gets 16 to 32 GB,
and other partitions are created for whatever purposes are appropriate.

2nd. If you have to have C drive cover the entire disc, then create a 32 GB
partition to install XP on, then as soon as you have all motherboard and
essential drivers installed, install XP SP1a - this will give native XP
support for partitions beyond the original XP limit. Then take a look at the
DISKPART command in the Help on the Start menu. With this you can extend a
partition into contiguous free space - which will exist since you will have
only C drive in a partition occupying the first 32GB on the disc.

HTH
- Tim





"Ray Mitchell" <RayMitchell@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote in message
news:62pKc.7010$Qu5.6457@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. However, I tried it with both XP SP1 and W2K
> SP4. Unless I'm missing something there must be more to it than that.
> The
> funny thing is that Intel says it will work if I use their Accelerator
> application for Windows. However, they also say that the application is
> only compatible with their older chipsets. Now there's a switch, their
> new
> chipsets can't support big drives but their older ones could. Go figure!
>
>
> "RonK" <imhere@home.net> wrote in message
> news:wCnKc.56327$RD4.2539019@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> If you are running XP you need SP1 to use the full size of a hard drive
> over
>> 137 gig.
>>
>>
>> "Ray Mitchell" <RayMitchell@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote in message
>> news:ePmKc.6864$Qu5.5005@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> > Hello Everyone,
>> >
>> > I just purchased an Intel D865PERLL motherboard because I had heard
>> > they
>> > made the most reliable and compatible boards on the market (but
> definitely
>> > not the fastest!). However, to my surprise I have found that they do
> not
>> > support drives over 137GB, even on the SATA-150 channels (unless I'm
>> missing
>> > something). So, I will return it.
>> >
>> > I would like some recommendations from people based upon their
> experiences
>> > if you don't mind. I'm not a gamer and the most important
>> > consideration
>> is
>> > stability and compatibility rather than blinding speed and
>> > tweakability.
>> I
>> > already have an Intel P4 2.8C processor, 2ea. 512MB matched DDR-400s,
> and
>> a
>> > WD 200GB SATA-150 HD. The following are my requirements, which I
> believe
>> > are fairly standard:
>> >
>> > 1. Intel chipset - 865 or later
>> > 2. 800MHz FSB
>> > 3. Dual channel DDR-400
>> > 4. BIOS support for 200MB/250MB SATA and ATA drives
>> > 5. 5ea PCI slots
>> > 6. 1ea 4X-8X AGP slot
>> > 7. On board LAN and USB
>> >
>> > Of course, I would welcome additional on board peripherals such as
>> firewire
>> > (but on board video is not a plus for me since I plan to use a separate
>> > 2-head nVidia AGP card and nVidia PCI video card for 3-monitor
>> > support).
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help,
>> > Ray Mitchell
>> > RayMitchell_NOSPAM_@MeanOldTeacher.com
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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The mobo supports large disks, you either havent enabled big lba support
correctly, or partitioned the space correctly after enabling the reg fix.

"Ray Mitchell" <RayMitchell@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote in message
news:ePmKc.6864$Qu5.5005@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I just purchased an Intel D865PERLL motherboard because I had heard they
> made the most reliable and compatible boards on the market (but definitely
> not the fastest!). However, to my surprise I have found that they do not
> support drives over 137GB, even on the SATA-150 channels (unless I'm
missing
> something). So, I will return it.
>
> I would like some recommendations from people based upon their experiences
> if you don't mind. I'm not a gamer and the most important consideration
is
> stability and compatibility rather than blinding speed and tweakability.
I
> already have an Intel P4 2.8C processor, 2ea. 512MB matched DDR-400s, and
a
> WD 200GB SATA-150 HD. The following are my requirements, which I believe
> are fairly standard:
>
> 1. Intel chipset - 865 or later
> 2. 800MHz FSB
> 3. Dual channel DDR-400
> 4. BIOS support for 200MB/250MB SATA and ATA drives
> 5. 5ea PCI slots
> 6. 1ea 4X-8X AGP slot
> 7. On board LAN and USB
>
> Of course, I would welcome additional on board peripherals such as
firewire
> (but on board video is not a plus for me since I plan to use a separate
> 2-head nVidia AGP card and nVidia PCI video card for 3-monitor support).
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Ray Mitchell
> RayMitchell_NOSPAM_@MeanOldTeacher.com
>
>

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My ABIT IS7-E is based on 865 chip and it does support everything including
2x250mb seagates and 2x150 sata's
Try fdisk again and make sure u turn LBA on...

"Ray Mitchell" <RayMitchell@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote in message
news:ePmKc.6864$Qu5.5005@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I just purchased an Intel D865PERLL motherboard because I had heard they
> made the most reliable and compatible boards on the market (but definitely
> not the fastest!). However, to my surprise I have found that they do not
> support drives over 137GB, even on the SATA-150 channels (unless I'm
missing
> something). So, I will return it.
>
> I would like some recommendations from people based upon their experiences
> if you don't mind. I'm not a gamer and the most important consideration
is
> stability and compatibility rather than blinding speed and tweakability.
I
> already have an Intel P4 2.8C processor, 2ea. 512MB matched DDR-400s, and
a
> WD 200GB SATA-150 HD. The following are my requirements, which I believe
> are fairly standard:
>
> 1. Intel chipset - 865 or later
> 2. 800MHz FSB
> 3. Dual channel DDR-400
> 4. BIOS support for 200MB/250MB SATA and ATA drives
> 5. 5ea PCI slots
> 6. 1ea 4X-8X AGP slot
> 7. On board LAN and USB
>
> Of course, I would welcome additional on board peripherals such as
firewire
> (but on board video is not a plus for me since I plan to use a separate
> 2-head nVidia AGP card and nVidia PCI video card for 3-monitor support).
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Ray Mitchell
> RayMitchell_NOSPAM_@MeanOldTeacher.com
>
>

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It's inconceivable that you got that part about the 137 gig limit right.

Windows XP "out of the box" does not support drives over 137 gigs, not
even with SP1 installed. But you can enable such support by installing
SP1 AND by making a registry entry (all of this is detailed on the MS
web site).

For such support to work, there has to be some support in the BIOS also.
It's just inconceivable to me that any current production Intel
motherboard would not have this, however.

Regardless, the limit is specific to IDE devices and does not apply to
Serial ATA drives or SCSI drives (in this regard, note that IDE drives
connected to a PCI disk controller card are seen and treated as SCSI
drives by the BIOS and operating system).


Ray Mitchell wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I just purchased an Intel D865PERLL motherboard because I had heard they
> made the most reliable and compatible boards on the market (but definitely
> not the fastest!). However, to my surprise I have found that they do not
> support drives over 137GB, even on the SATA-150 channels (unless I'm missing
> something). So, I will return it.
>
> I would like some recommendations from people based upon their experiences
> if you don't mind. I'm not a gamer and the most important consideration is
> stability and compatibility rather than blinding speed and tweakability. I
> already have an Intel P4 2.8C processor, 2ea. 512MB matched DDR-400s, and a
> WD 200GB SATA-150 HD. The following are my requirements, which I believe
> are fairly standard:
>
> 1. Intel chipset - 865 or later
> 2. 800MHz FSB
> 3. Dual channel DDR-400
> 4. BIOS support for 200MB/250MB SATA and ATA drives
> 5. 5ea PCI slots
> 6. 1ea 4X-8X AGP slot
> 7. On board LAN and USB
>
> Of course, I would welcome additional on board peripherals such as firewire
> (but on board video is not a plus for me since I plan to use a separate
> 2-head nVidia AGP card and nVidia PCI video card for 3-monitor support).
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Ray Mitchell
> RayMitchell_NOSPAM_@MeanOldTeacher.com
>
>

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You need to manually make a registry entry after installing SP1. SP1 by
itself is not enough. See the Microsoft web site for further information.


Ray Mitchell wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion. However, I tried it with both XP SP1 and W2K
> SP4. Unless I'm missing something there must be more to it than that. The
> funny thing is that Intel says it will work if I use their Accelerator
> application for Windows. However, they also say that the application is
> only compatible with their older chipsets. Now there's a switch, their new
> chipsets can't support big drives but their older ones could. Go figure!
>
>
> "RonK" <imhere@home.net> wrote in message
> news:wCnKc.56327$RD4.2539019@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
>>If you are running XP you need SP1 to use the full size of a hard drive
>
> over
>
>>137 gig.
>>
>>
>>"Ray Mitchell" <RayMitchell@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote in message
>>news:ePmKc.6864$Qu5.5005@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>>
>>>Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>>I just purchased an Intel D865PERLL motherboard because I had heard they
>>>made the most reliable and compatible boards on the market (but
>
> definitely
>
>>>not the fastest!). However, to my surprise I have found that they do
>
> not
>
>>>support drives over 137GB, even on the SATA-150 channels (unless I'm
>>
>>missing
>>
>>>something). So, I will return it.
>>>
>>>I would like some recommendations from people based upon their
>
> experiences
>
>>>if you don't mind. I'm not a gamer and the most important consideration
>>
>>is
>>
>>>stability and compatibility rather than blinding speed and tweakability.
>>
>>I
>>
>>>already have an Intel P4 2.8C processor, 2ea. 512MB matched DDR-400s,
>
> and
>
>>a
>>
>>>WD 200GB SATA-150 HD. The following are my requirements, which I
>
> believe
>
>>>are fairly standard:
>>>
>>>1. Intel chipset - 865 or later
>>>2. 800MHz FSB
>>>3. Dual channel DDR-400
>>>4. BIOS support for 200MB/250MB SATA and ATA drives
>>>5. 5ea PCI slots
>>>6. 1ea 4X-8X AGP slot
>>>7. On board LAN and USB
>>>
>>>Of course, I would welcome additional on board peripherals such as
>>
>>firewire
>>
>>>(but on board video is not a plus for me since I plan to use a separate
>>>2-head nVidia AGP card and nVidia PCI video card for 3-monitor support).
>>>
>>>Thanks for your help,
>>>Ray Mitchell
>>>RayMitchell_NOSPAM_@MeanOldTeacher.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>