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What HDD capacity can the GA-K8NSNXP handle?

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stoff   04-25-2009 at 06:25:21 PM

Hello All,

A question about my (aging) motherboard, the GA-K8NSNXP. What is the maximum HDD size it can handle?

I'm thinking about adding a 500GB or 1TB SATA 3.0 but not sure if there will be any issues with the motherboard. The motherboard itself is rated to handle SATA 1.5, but in the past I've attached a 160GB SATA 3.0 before, and it did work. So at least that much I do know.

Any advice?

Cheers,

S

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Silver Motherboards badge bilbat   04-25-2009 at 10:25:43 PM
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Either will work fine - just be aware that there are still Seagates floating around in the channel that have the dreaded 'sleeping disease' firmware - drive issues a distinct 'click', and disappears off your SATA controller; new firmare is available:
http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/ [...] cId=207931
but beware, and don't just load it without following the recommendations, as attemting to upgrade certain drives with certain existing firmware can render the drive NFG!

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stoff   04-26-2009 at 07:42:27 PM
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Splendid.

Thanks bilbat. Most likely I'll be getting a Hitachi, same brand as the 160GB that I tested before. Or possibly a Samsung as a second choice. For now I'll leave Seagate alone :-)

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Silver Motherboards badge bilbat   04-27-2009 at 05:09:40 PM
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Well, your choice - but there's no reason to be afraid of the Seagates, you just need to be aware of the problem; I think it took, from diagnosis, through download and burn of the repair CD, to re-boot & flash firmware, probably all of fifteen minutes to fix my 1.5 Tb

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