SEAGATE 250 GIGS SATA only showing 79.0+48.8 GIGS?????

[style69]

Hey...


i have the Seagate Barracuda 250 GB 7200 rpm 8 MB
(ST3250823AS)

When i setup the windows for the first time....in the bios it only showed like 130 GIGS (130....something numbers).

CONsidering my hard drive's supoposed to be 250 GIGS...wheres the rest f it?

 

[pscowboy]

BIOS has to updated; and XP has to be SP2 in order for your full capacity to show up.

 

[pcoffman]

Upgrade your BIOS.

You do not have to have WXP SP2, though.

 

[style69]

ye....but how do u flash the BIOS?.........wher can i get the newest BIOS version for my A8N-SLI (non deluxe or premium) motherboard.


Thanks.

 

[pcoffman]

The latest BIOS update should be on ASUS' website.

There's a tab at the top called Download. Then a section called Download that says

"You may download product BIOS, Drivers , User Manual as well as Utilities here."

Then a column to the left that has a Download text box.

Type in: A8N-SLI and click the search info button.

Then click on the A8N-SLI link.

This provides a choice of 4 download sites for the BIOS. However, there are instructions to update the chipset drivers before flashing the BIOS.

It says:

A8N-SLI Bios version 1014
Please do read the description before updating BIOS
To avoid crashing file system, please do update the chipset driver to below version prior to this Bios.
For WinXP 32bit system, please download and update chipset drivers V6.65 or later
For WinXP 64bit system, please download and update chipset drivers V6.65 or later
For Win2k/2003 32bit system, please download and update chipset drivers V6.66 or later
For Win2003 64bit system, please download and update chipset drivers V6.66 or later
1- Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
2- Update awdflash.exe to v1.15
3- Remove 2.88MB floppy item value

If you scroll down the page, you will find links for downloading chipset drivers.

All the best

 

[pscowboy]

Technically true; but you need to be SP1a.

If you have to get to 1a, one might as well install SP2.

 

[pcoffman]

You are correct.

I knew that I had upgraded BIOS before SP2 in order to use a large hdd. I was probably already running SP1a.

And we all should be running SP2 anyway.