IT Forums - New HDD for IBM 300GL

02-15-2005, 06:21 PM

I have a 300GL into which I would like to install a larger hard drive.
But when I connect it the BIOS says that drive 0 is "Not installed".
Its a Seagate 180 MB, is it possible the drive is larger than
supported? Where can I find more info about what my motherboard
supports? I've checked the obvious things like the IDE connection, the
power, the master/slave jumper. Any other ideas? Thanks.

Charles Howse

02-15-2005, 07:19 PM

Previously RG <gorsuchr@hotmail.com> wrote: I have a 300GL into which I would like to install a larger hard drive. But when I connect it the BIOS says that drive 0 is "Not installed". Its a Seagate 180 MB, is it possible the drive is larger than supported? Where can I find more info about what my motherboard supports? I've checked the obvious things like the IDE connection, the power, the master/slave jumper. Any other ideas? Thanks.

Check for BIOS updates. Drive size limits on mainboards are not
a hardware problem. You can also get a IDE contoller, like
the promise 100tx2. They bring their own BIOS. The 100tx2 supports
LBA48, i.e. some exabytes or so.

Arno

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