Breaking The 137GB Barrier
Posted: 18 October 2004 04:40 PM     [ Ignore ]  
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KT4VL BIOS v1.9

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Make sure you read the procedure throughly first, if you mess up you can kill your motherboard.

If you do kill it, read the recovery instructions

Don’t expect to be able to recover all motherboards, this ability is a feature on some boards, MSI included.

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Posted: 18 October 2004 04:40 PM   [ # 1 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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How can I break this barrier with my new 160GB hardrive readig only 137GB?

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Posted: 18 October 2004 04:44 PM   [ # 2 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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partition your hard drive or maybe upgrade your motherboard firmware.

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Posted: 18 October 2004 04:47 PM   [ # 3 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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I have partitioned my drive, nothing happened. :(

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Posted: 18 October 2004 07:35 PM   [ # 4 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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Are you using NTFS or FAT32?

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Posted: 19 October 2004 01:14 AM   [ # 5 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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NTFS

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Posted: 19 October 2004 04:04 AM   [ # 6 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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Sounds like a BIOS limitation.
Update yer BIOS.

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Posted: 19 October 2004 08:24 AM   [ # 7 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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yeah my friend had this same problem.. he updated his bios and i think he also partitioned it..

best way to get it done.. google your problem.. seriously 90% of computer problems have been experienced by others and usually solved by others.  That may give you more detailed directions/new ideas

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Posted: 19 October 2004 10:27 AM   [ # 8 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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[quote author=“8link”]Sounds like a BIOS limitation.
Update yer BIOS.

Newb Question, probably. :oops:

How do you mean, update, what do I need to do?

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Posted: 19 October 2004 12:41 PM   [ # 9 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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You need to get the manufacture name and model number of your motherboard which is inside of you computer.  Then go to the company website look for downloads/updates for your specific model motherboard.  There they should also have instructions on how to update/flash your motherboard bios. 

Or, maybe you can post your manufacture name and model number here and one of us can look it up for you 😉

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Posted: 19 October 2004 03:00 PM   [ # 10 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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MSI or Micro-Star International is the manufacturer or my board and the board model is the MSI MS-6712. Any help would be greatly apprecieated, as I have homework. :D Also I am 14 and though I know a lot about computers, not this much, unfortunately, as I want a job in the computers field. :D

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Posted: 20 October 2004 09:49 AM   [ # 11 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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Is there not just some update that will do it automatically or some setting in the bios I can change. I really don’t wanna scew anything up. :|

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Posted: 20 October 2004 09:58 AM   [ # 12 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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Nope, thats the only way with your motherboard.  Motherboards vary from company to company.  Like for ASUS, you can just double click and run the program within windows to flash your BIOS.  And on others, you have to do it from the command prompt, like on yours from MSI. 

Read over the instructions carefully before you do anything.  It’s actually pretty easy, just need to follow them carefully.

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Posted: 20 October 2004 10:25 AM   [ # 13 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 13 ]  
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Oh, ok I will try it later dont feel like it now.

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Posted: 20 October 2004 11:53 AM   [ # 14 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 14 ]  
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HD manufactor always round off. I have a 250GIG drive. Its really 237

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Posted: 20 October 2004 11:57 AM   [ # 15 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 15 ]  
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they might not of rounded off, it depends on whether your drive is being measured in binary or decimal figures, it makes a difference.

anyway, this is a link to WD support pertaining to the 137 gb barrier.  here

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Posted: 20 October 2004 01:54 PM   [ # 16 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 16 ]  
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Where can I buy one of those cards to support this, because that seems to be the easiest way, and my mobo doest seem to support larger than 137GB.

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Posted: 25 October 2004 12:15 PM   [ # 17 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 17 ]  
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q303013/
USE YOUR BRAIN.

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Posted: 05 November 2004 01:41 PM   [ # 18 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 18 ]  
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if its windows xp with service pack 2 installed right click on my computer and click on manage i think, and look around for something like disk space and it will say un located along with your patitioned drive, and format it, that should work, sorry im not being specific cuase im writting form what i remember.

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Posted: 05 November 2004 04:26 PM   [ # 19 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 19 ]  
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i couldnt get my 250GB drive to show up correctly until i installed sp2

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