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320GB HDD in Ferrari 3400

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9/21/09 at 4:59pm
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Is there a way to use a 320GB hard drive in a Ferrari 3400? I have a WD Scorpio installed and the bios is reporting only 131GB. I have the latest version that I know of (3C23).
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9/22/09 at 10:02am
looks like no 48bit LBA available. might be able to use the wd software to bypass the limitation. or, jumper the drive. check the wd support page for info.
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9/22/09 at 11:42am
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Yesterday I went ahead and installed windows since I never know when I will need the computer. I did a 50/80 partition and never saw more than 134GB capacity showing anywhere. I put a version on that included SP2 and many more updates. After loading windows I went into the drive manager and only the two initial partitions showed. Now today I go in there and I see a 170GB free space so I formatted it and I'm in business. All I did was install SP3 and all the updates to current. HDD Health still shows drive capacity at 134GB So I dunno what's up for sure. Seems weird it would be windows because I don't have this problem on my desktop that also gets SP2 to start off and it shows all of my 250GB drive. I guess you are saying the hardware doesn't support 48bit LBA so I wonder why it finally showed up later, strange. I asked Acer and they wouldn't help me without a fee. I checked WD support and they linked to a work around software from Intel but it was for Intel chipsets. Thanks for the reply.
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