"Mark K. Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello. > > I got a ATA133 120GB Maxtor hard drive. Would this work on a > Pentium I with a (I think) ATA33 controller? I don't see why it > wouldn't, but the guy at CompUSA told me it probably won't even > boot. Just thought I'd check before I open the box and face the > wrath of a 15% restocking fee.
I have a PC from 1996 which does not recognize drives larger than 8G. A third party controller was required to recognize larger drives. I used a Promise controller IIRC, which has it's own BIOS. The problem lies with the original BIOS. HTH, -- Ricardo Anguiano http://www.codesourcery.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
