Maximum HDD size for gigabyte ga-k8vt800 mobo

[31computers]

I want to upgrade my setup with 2 new HDD drives (IDE or SATA) and need to know if the mobo supports a maximum size?

manual doesn't say so.

 

[croc]

MB's don't care about drive sizes... I've never seen a controller that did either. OS's used to care, now days you'd be hard pressed to find a drive larger than most OS's can handle.

So get that seagate 750 GB... You'll be sweet.

 

[31computers]

Thanks very much Croc. I can plan the upgrade now.

 

[4745454b]

MB's don't care about drive sizes... I've never seen a controller that did either. OS's used to care, now days you'd be hard pressed to find a drive larger than most OS's can handle.

So get that seagate 750 GB... You'll be sweet.

Then you've never played with the older 40bit and lower controllers then... These would be the ones limited to 137Gbs. I'm pretty sure the K8T800 (the chipset found on your motherboard.) is the newer 48Bit controller, which has a max size not found in any harddrive. (at the moment anyways.)

 

[croc]

That was a BIOS issue, not MB.... Or controller, either.

OP, it is probably worth mentioning though.... Make sure that your bios is set for '48 LBA' if it has that setting. My last three MB's didn't, but there are still some lame BIOS vendors out there...