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by: Woodson75 February 5, 2013 1:33 PM PST

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by Woodson75 - 2/5/13 1:33 PM

Hi...I'm a noob when it comes to PC building, so I've purchased an old (2005) Compaq Presario SR1300AN with an ASUS A7V8X-LA motherboard. I'm just planning to tinker with it (add an AGP graphics card, wireless card etc) and get some experience. It currently has a 40gb, 5400 rpm IDE hard drive which I'd like to replace with a Western Digital Caviar 3.5" hard drive SE EIDE 7200RPM 8MB (320gb). My question is: will this mobo/machine accept this drive? Will the BIOS be modern enough to deal with this drive?

Many thanks in advance for an advice you guys can offer. happy


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by bob b - 2/5/13 5:24 PM

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That machine comes from an era when the hardware/software makers were adapting to the big HD's.

Perhaps it's best to get the bios level you have and call H.P..........have a chat.

Be aware there were storage limits at the bios level and also the OS level.


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by Woodson75 - 2/5/13 5:33 PM

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Many thanks for that. happy

How do I go about checking the BIOS level?


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Try HDINFO at link.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 2/5/13 5:39 PM

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http://www.48bitlba.com/ has it and a lot of other information.


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Try HDINFO at link

by Woodson75 - 2/5/13 5:51 PM

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Thanks very much for that link happy


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(NT) What OS will you be running ?

by VAPCMD - 2/5/13 6:52 PM

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by Woodson75 - 2/5/13 7:19 PM

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It's running XP (SP2)


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