32gb of 200gb

[karamazov]

I've recently purchesed a DiamondMax 21 200gb Maxtor drive and I tried installing it and the bios detected the drive, but only 32gb of the 200. I cant seem to figure out what the deal is. I've got a secondary Western Digtal 120gb already in. I've tried it without that drive as well. Any suggestions?

 

[pscowboy]

If you purchased it after-market, there may be a non-windows (possibly linux) partition on it that was not deleted.

Try fdisk through your floppy drive to Display partition info. If you find something on there, just delete it.

 

[sarsoft]

Check your Jumper Settings.

http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_us/documentation/installation_guides/diamondmax20_and_21_installation_guide_pata_en.pdf

 

[hammerhead2]

check the bios settings the bios may have detected the drive
as 32 gig,, is the bios setting on "auto" or is it set to some
drive spec's cly, head,sector that may add up to 32 gig
run the max blast utility may give you some clues

 

[sandmanwn]

Delete the partition, it is being recognized as a fat32 partition.

If you format the drive with the CLJ or AC jumper then the drive capacity will be limited to 32GB.

After removing the CLJ or AC jumper you must repartition and reformat the drive to NTFS for it to be recognized as 200GB.

http://tools.supportforyourpc.com/get_article.asp?aid=1043

 

[karamazov]

Its all set to auto. I cant find a way to specify the settings even if I wanted to

 

[karamazov]

I dunno what that means. But it did come in the box, with the plastic still over it, and the anti-static wrapping. Got it from Staples right off the shelf

 

[sandmanwn]

best guess is there is a fat32 partition on the drive. youll need to delete the partition and create an NTFS partition. Then reformat the drive.

 

[karamazov]

And that would keep the bios from recgonizing it? Curious

So how do I do that? I've already deleted the partion is disc management and restarted and it was saying the same thing

 

[Alyarbank]

You should tell us more about your motherboard and chip-set. Perhaps you need a BIOS update to support a larger drive.

Also is it the PATA or the SATA version? I googled it and it seems there are more than one for your model.

 

[sandmanwn]

there is a bios update for his board but the OP never told me what revision his board was.

this was discussed in his other post for the same topic here

 

[karamazov]

Motheboard is an ECS N2U-400A, the bios are dated to 2003

http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1596,808,00.html

 

[karamazov]

Yeah.. sorry about the double post. I didnt realize there was 2 sections for hdds and I ended up in both places thinking it was orignal

 

[sandmanwn]

ill need the board revision (not the date) to determine if you should update the bios. It will be printed on the board, usually in white letters near the PCI slots.

It will say something like this
V1.0
Version 1.0
or something along those lines.

If it says 1.0U then there is no bios upgrade.

 

[karamazov]

N2u400A Rev : 1.0
15-k31-011000

 

[Alyarbank]

Another thing to check would be to see if your board supports SATA-II if it's the SATA version. If not you may need to set the jumper (on the drive) to enable SATA/150 to recognise it correctly.(My AT7Max2 did this to me with a WD 80GB and it drove me nuts for an hour lol..) Then realized I was trying to use SATA-II on a board that supported SATA only. Set the jumper and bang, it worked as advertised

 

[sandmanwn]

N2u400A Rev : 1.0
15-k31-011000

you have a bios upgrade http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?MenuID=16&LanID=9&DetailID=380&DetailName=BIOS

 

[karamazov]

hm.. Its an ATA/100, could that be the problem?

 

[Alyarbank]

No, it's the ParallelATA version so that doesn't apply to your situation. But the bios update may help you. See if they list the fixes included in the latest bios, usually they will mention support for new CPU's and larger disc capacities.

 

[karamazov]

Thanks.. Are we absolutly sure that this is the right stuff? Isnt this kind of dangerous for the pc?

 

[karamazov]

I found this on the website when someone asked what the hdd capacity was


N2U400-A v1.x maximum CPU and HDD supported information as below, HDD:400G CPU: AMD Duron 200Mhz FSB CPU - 950 AMD Duron 266Mhz FSB CPU - 1800 AMD Morgan 200Mhz FSB CPU - 1.4G AMD Athlon 200Mhz FSB CPU - 1.4G AMD Athlon 266Mhz FSB CPU - 1.4G AMD Palomino 266Mhz FSB CPU - 2100+ AMD Athlon XP (0.18u) 266Mhz FSB CPU - 2100+ AMD Athlon XP (0.13u) 266Mhz FSB CPU - 2600+ AMD Athlon XP (0.13u) 333Mhz FSB CPU - 3000+ AMD Athlon XP (0.13u) 400Mhz FSB CPU - 3200+ AMD Sempron 333Mhz FSB CPU - 2800+

 

[Alyarbank]

Here's the short list of fixes in the bios update.

1.Support AMD K7 Sempron model 10 2200+/2800+ CPU.
2.Support AMD K7 Sempron 2200+/2300+ CPU.
3.Fixed Seagate HDD install Windows98 will be show user.exe error.
4.Update code for some version chip cause system hanging on boot.

I see they have fixed a seagate HDD problem.
BTW Seagate bought Maxtor. This may solve your problem. Just make certain that you have the correct revision number for your board because there is another revision available and the bios code is not compatible with the N2U400-A PCB:1.0U

Yes this could be dangerous for the PC, but only if you use the wrong BIOS or the process is disrupted. If you have a battery backup, use it. Or else pick a nice sunny day to do it

 

[karamazov]

All right well I gave the exact thing it said in big ol letters on the side of the board

 

[pscowboy]

Borrow someone's 98 boot floppy diskette (or download a file that will make one for you). If you're making your own, format it first to make sure it has no bad spots. If it does, chuck it and find another floppy that's clean.

Insert into your floppy drive, go up into the BIOS to make sure boot order has the floppy second after the cd drive. Also, if RAID is enabled, disable it. If you have an option for IDE mode, choose that.

When you get an "A" prompt, type fdisk - say no - then do a display partition to see what's there.

By ALL MEANS, upgrade your BIOS. These things are very safe and take only about a minute to do. Again, if you're doing it with a floppy, format it first to make sure it's clean. Then load the BIOS stuff onto it.

However, brand new off the shelf? Has to be a jumper issue. Check the literature that came with the drive. Make sure the SATA jumper is 150, and if there is a clj jumper, remove it. If you have black connectors, use that. Then fdisk and delete all the partitions and start over.

 

[karamazov]

ok, I've never done this before so the noob questions are gonna start flying


I've downloaded the files, how do I make it work?