Hard disk in HP test equipment

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astalor

Hello,

I have bought a HP test equipment build with a hard disk inside.

The test equipment is a logic analysis system HP 16500C designed in the
nineties: DOS, 540 Mb hard disk, 16 Mb system RAM,...

The original hard disk is a 540AT made by Quantum, and is referenced
with a HP part number.

I try to replace the hard disk because it is out of order, with a "new"
6.1 Gb disk, formatted with a FAT16 partition and a final 2.1 Gb capacity.

The HP system does not recognize the hard disk and I can't go further.

Any idea on what is wrong and things I can do to fix the problem ?


thank you
 
astalor said:
Hello,

I have bought a HP test equipment build with a hard disk inside.

The test equipment is a logic analysis system HP 16500C designed in the
nineties: DOS, 540 Mb hard disk, 16 Mb system RAM,...

The original hard disk is a 540AT made by Quantum, and is referenced
with a HP part number.
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If you look, you can dig up an identical drive. If you contact me
privately, i might be able to find one. (I work at a computer recycling
center, drives that small are normally scrapped.... but if you need
one, we can deal)


But... is the old one in fact dead?
 
If you look, you can dig up an identical drive. If you contact me
privately, i might be able to find one. (I work at a computer recycling
center, drives that small are normally scrapped.... but if you need
one, we can deal)


But... is the old one in fact dead?
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I'd think about using a 512MB Compact Flash card w/IDE
adapter... can only assume the supposed "DOS" filesystem
means FAT16.
 
The drive is probably not being recognized because of BIOS limitations. You can get around this limitation by upgrading the BIOS or installing a PCI adapter (don't know if these are available for ISA) with large hard drive support.
 
Mike said:
The drive is probably not being recognized because of BIOS
limitations. You can get around this limitation by upgrading the
BIOS or installing a PCI adapter (don't know if these are available
for ISA) with large hard drive support.
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You don't need an adaptor, you just need a bios extender, which is
a ROM mounted in the upper memory area. These are available
mounted on PCI or ISA cards. I have one somewhere. It uses you
existing connections. No bios flash needed. Take it out and its
gone.

Please don't top-post, and please limit your line lengths to 72
chars or so. 67 is better.
 
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