I have a Gateway PIII 1 ghz 384 ram 20 gig HD small form ATX Intel main board.
I am somewhat competent on installing most hardware and formatting and installing O.S.
With that said, here's my issue. My little 20 gig is going out. Meaning, If I shut off my computer, sometimes it won't boot back up. (old HD)
I tried installing a working 60 gig Maxtor (jumpers set correctly, tested on another Intel system) but my computer just will not recognize it.
Does anyone know a way to correct this or am I stuck to needing to replace with another small HD or will that even work?
2007-01-01 12:27:14 · 6 answers · asked by Kari 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
There may be a limit on what size hard disk you can put into the system. I only ran into this once but it was with a Pentium II system. You'll have to call Gateway with your model number and find out the maximum hard disk size your BIOS will support. Also try to find a BIOS update just to rule the size out as a factor.
2007-01-01 12:44:36 · answer #1 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes there prolly is a limit ... u can see if there is a bios update for ur board ... its looking so old it may not get u past the 130g limit but it should get the 60 going .... you could also partition it into 20gig chunks on the other system ...
2007-01-01 20:33:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if its an old computer then the dard drive might not be SATA and the 60 gig might be, and your bios which it is likely you havent updated does not recognize SATA hd's, gotta update it
2007-01-01 20:35:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There shouldnt be a limit at all, not that low 60GB... anyways... take the jumpers out completely and see if it will see it then...
2007-01-01 20:31:05 · answer #4 · answered by Michael Burns 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to tell you the truth, just take it to geek squad, it's only 20 bucks for installing harddrives.
2007-01-01 21:14:07 · answer #5 · answered by Correct 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how i know ?
2007-01-01 20:33:49 · answer #6 · answered by Cricket Fan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋