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"Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw_NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<41214019$1_2@news.dnainternet.net>...
> You're sure about that MicroStar? As I've seen that Matsonic uses about that
> same numbering scheme for their motherboards....
> (MS-6137 ....)
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> "David" <vectraman18@tiscali.co.uk> kirjoitti viestissä
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> > I have a Tiny PC with a MS-6183 version 1 motherboard running Windows
> > XP Pro.
> > The hard drive is 17gig, and I want to fit a bigger drive.
> > The MicroStar website does not know this model motherboard, so does
> > anyone know what max size can be fitted?
> > I would like to fit a 200 gig if possible, so advice would be welcome
> > before I buy a new drive.
> > Thanks
> > David
Yes, it is a Microstar 6183 for certain.
I installed a 120Gb Maxtor and found that the BIOS autodetected only
32Gb, so I went to the Maxtor website and read about the problem in
their Knowledgebase.
The answer it seemed was to use their Maxblast utility to install and
format the new drive.
I downloaded and ran Maxblast, and it produced a boot floppy which is
then used to do all the work for you, as long as you follow their
instructions.
The BIOS HD autodetect still gives much less than the correct size,
but the full 120Gb is visible with "My Computer" and "Windows
Explorer", so I now run a 20Gb WinXP partition and 100Gb storage
partition.
David