Controller that allows drives over 137gb limit??

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I have an ASUS motherboard with an AMD Athlon 2000. It's around four years
old, and it has W2k installed.

I would like to install a larger hard drive than the 137gb limit, perhaps a
250gb to 300gb, but I don't want to partition it into smaller segments. I
know that normally an older motherboard has it's size limits unless you find
a BIOS upgrade, but I also know that some companies will come out with
devices that will allow a computer to do things that normally could not be
exceeded or done.

Is there some type of controller card available that can be plugged into a
PCI slot that allows a larger drive to be used beyond the 137gb limit
without partitioning?

Thanks.
 
John said:
I have an ASUS motherboard with an AMD Athlon 2000. It's around four
years old, and it has W2k installed.

I would like to install a larger hard drive than the 137gb limit,
perhaps a 250gb to 300gb, but I don't want to partition it into
smaller segments. I know that normally an older motherboard has it's
size limits unless you find a BIOS upgrade, but I also know that some
companies will come out with devices that will allow a computer to do
things that normally could not be exceeded or done.

Is there some type of controller card available that can be plugged
into a PCI slot that allows a larger drive to be used beyond the
137gb limit without partitioning?
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Controller cards:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?submit=list&catalog=410&DEPA=1&order=price&sort=asc

You will need Windows 2000 SP3 installed, as well as the following:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;305098
 
John Barrington said:
I have an ASUS motherboard with an AMD Athlon 2000. It's around four years
old, and it has W2k installed.

I would like to install a larger hard drive than the 137gb limit, perhaps a
250gb to 300gb, but I don't want to partition it into smaller segments.
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You can get a Promise or SIIG PCI controller card, anywhere from
$15-$50. I don't know about SIIG, but Promise cards include driver
software to add > 137G support to Windows, even versions as old as 98.

www.esupport.com sells BIOS upgrades, normally about $50, but if you
purchase by e-mail they're only $25.
 
I don't know about SIIG, but Promise cards include driver
software to add > 137G support to Windows, even versions as old as 98.
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SIIG cards do too, as well as highpoint cards.
 
I would like to install a larger hard drive than the 137gb limit, perhaps a
250gb to 300gb, but I don't want to partition it into smaller segments. I
know that normally an older motherboard has it's size limits unless you find
a BIOS upgrade, but I also know that some companies will come out with
devices that will allow a computer to do things that normally could not be
exceeded or done.
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Have you yet to check the Asus website whether they are having any BIOS
upgrade that might overcome this HD size limit ?
 
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