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The WD 120GB ATA/UDMA100 drive will operate on the Ultra66 controller. The
drive and the controller will have a conversation, and the drive will find
out that the controller only accepts data at UDMA66, and will fall back to
that speed. Just as if you connected a UDMA66 drive to the 2013's onboard
IDE UDMA33 controller. It wouldn't hurt to look on Promise's website, if
there are any known incompatible drives they should have a mention
somewhere.
Robert
"Gibby" <MrBaltimore@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1107959604.689587.218490@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Robert: Thanks for the response. My biggest problem now is whether my
> existing interface (a Promise Ultra ATA/66 controller card) will handle
> the WD 120 gig hard drive. Western Digital Company says that the HD
> interface specification is DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra)for the 120GB HD.
> However, the Promise packaging for Ultra ATA/66 says it will support
> drive capacities up to 128GB. So, I'm not sure.
> Any opinions welcomed/appreciated.
> Gibby
> *************************************************************
> Robert Akins wrote:
> > Gibby:
> > The only problem you'll experience is if you want to use the 120GB
> drive
> > as your boot drive, when you're installing 98SE. The 98SE install CD
> won't
> > see the hard drive through the Ultra66 PCI controller card. You
> might have
> > to install to a smaller hard drive (on the 2013's IDE controller),
> install
> > the Ultra66, get 98SE to recognize it, then attach the 120GB hard
> drive. I
> > haven't bought a WD hard drive in quite some time, so I don't know
> what kind
> > of installation software they come with, but hopefully it would allow
> you to
> > copy the contents of the small drive to a new drive, then remove the
> small
> > drive and boot the system off the 120GB drive.
> > Robert
> > "Gibby" <MrBaltimore@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:1107815164.872907.103380@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > > Hi Alex:
> > > So,then, if I'm using a FIC PA-2013 (Rev 2.1)MB, Windows98SE,
> with
> > > a PROMISE Ultra ATA/66 controller card, will I have a problem
> pairing
> > > it with a WD 120GB 7200RPM Internal EIDE hard drive? I wonder what
> the
> > > upper limit is for the Promise Ultra ATA66 controller?
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > Gibby
> > > *****************************************************************
> > > Alex Zorrilla wrote:
> > > > Ahhh, so the VA-503+ can see all the way up to 136 GB with that
> BIOS.
> > >
> > > > That is very good to know. As I am sure you know, 137 GB is the
> most
> > >
> > > > recent BIOS-limited hard drive barrier. There is no BIOS
> revision
> > > that
> > > > will let you get past 137 GB... at least, none that I know of.
> > > >
> > > > I suppose you can always use one of the hard drive utilities from
> the
> > >
> > > > hard drive manfacturer's website to get past 137 GB, or buy a new
> PCI
> > >
> > > > IDE controller card.
> > > >
> > > > $55 for 160 GB? Wow, that is quite a deal. As it stands, you
> are
> > > > "wasting" only $8.25 worth of hard drive space!
> > > >
> > > > --Alex
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Joel Mosher wrote:
> > > > > I took a chance today. I bought a 160GB IDE disk at Frys for
> $55
> > > after
> > > > > rebate. I didn't know if my 503+ motherboards would see the
> whole
> > > disk.
> > > > > In fact, the 503+ only sees 136GB. I'm using the JE4333 BIOS.
> It's
> > > ok
> > > > > since I can use the disk in another, newer system.
> > > > >
> > > > > Has anyone found a way to get a 503+ to see the space above
> 136GB?
> > >
>
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