Something strange my 20gig disk turns into a 7gig???????????
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;( I have a WDC WD205BA 20gig hdd on a QDI BrillianX IS/2000. When I autodetect the hdd it detects it correctly
TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
USER 20523 2495 255 0 39769 63 LBA
But the nex time I boot even if I press ctrl+alt+del the disk turns into a 7927MB drive, or at least the bios reports it as sutch.
Standard cmos menu:
TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
User 7921 963 255 0 39769 63 LBA
The drive seems to work ok even with this settings (XP sees drive as 20Gb)
Has anyone had similar problems?
I tested the WD200EB 20GB drive and it works correctly with no problems. It only comes up with the WD205BA. I'm going to test it on another motherboard, but I doub it will show the same error, cos I asume the error is bios related (Yes I have the latest bios). I don't know if this is just a cosmetic error or can it do harm. As a workaround I've set the drive on autodetect, so it's detected on every boot.
SYSTEM:
Windows XP SP1
HDD: WDC WD205BA
MOBO: QDI BrillianX IS/2000
CPU: celeron 300A
RAM: 128Mb spacewalker
GPU: inno3d geforce2 MX 200
SCSI: Initio INI-9090-U BIOS Ver 1.09
CDROM: SCSI TEAC CD-R55S
SOUND: Creative awe64
LAN: Compex RL2000 PCI
TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
USER 20523 2495 255 0 39769 63 LBA
But the nex time I boot even if I press ctrl+alt+del the disk turns into a 7927MB drive, or at least the bios reports it as sutch.
Standard cmos menu:
TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
User 7921 963 255 0 39769 63 LBA
The drive seems to work ok even with this settings (XP sees drive as 20Gb)
Has anyone had similar problems?
I tested the WD200EB 20GB drive and it works correctly with no problems. It only comes up with the WD205BA. I'm going to test it on another motherboard, but I doub it will show the same error, cos I asume the error is bios related (Yes I have the latest bios). I don't know if this is just a cosmetic error or can it do harm. As a workaround I've set the drive on autodetect, so it's detected on every boot.
SYSTEM:
Windows XP SP1
HDD: WDC WD205BA
MOBO: QDI BrillianX IS/2000
CPU: celeron 300A
RAM: 128Mb spacewalker
GPU: inno3d geforce2 MX 200
SCSI: Initio INI-9090-U BIOS Ver 1.09
CDROM: SCSI TEAC CD-R55S
SOUND: Creative awe64
LAN: Compex RL2000 PCI
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have you looked on the manufacture's website to see if there are any FAQ's on this issue?
