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I am trying to replace my old hard drive (8.61 GB) with an 80GB
Maxtor. The system will not boot or even recognize the thing. I
have downloaded the maunal and can't find anything that says there is
a max size in this mobo.
I have been fighting this thing all day.
I have tried to use the old drive along with the new and still
nothing. It haves at boot. The system requests remove all media and
press any key to reboot.
It doesn't seem to like more than one drive.
I have tried also with a 6GB drive as a secondary drive but still no
luck.
 
I am trying to replace my old hard drive (8.61 GB) with an 80GB
Maxtor. The system will not boot or even recognize the thing. I
have downloaded the maunal and can't find anything that says there is
a max size in this mobo.
I have been fighting this thing all day.
I have tried to use the old drive along with the new and still
nothing. It haves at boot. The system requests remove all media and
press any key to reboot.
It doesn't seem to like more than one drive.
I have tried also with a 6GB drive as a secondary drive but still no
luck.
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Try the beta BIOS. After this page loads, click Beta.

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=P2B-F&Type=All&SLanguage=en-us

This page says you can use up to 128GB drive, using the latest
BIOS:

http://www.asuscom.de/support/FAQ/faq076_32gb_ide_hdd.htm

P3B-1394/P2..-/ME..-/K7..-/P5..- Serien Aktuelle Beta bis einschl. 128 GB
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HTH,
Paul
 
You don't mention how you partitioned or formatted the new (boot) drive
or what OS you have. That would help with suggestions.
 
You need to update the P2B-F BIOS to v.1013A to support HDD over 65 GB,
please download it from:

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/download.aspx

If BIOS has already been updated, did you add this drive or replace it?
If the latter, is it jumpered properly and is the Primary Master IDE
Device in CMOS set to AUTO? If you added the new drive to the same
controller make sure Primary Slave IDE Device is set to AUTO too, and
not NONE.

If the Maxtor is the only drive on the primary controller then it must
be jumpered as Master/Single Drive, if you have two (2) drives on the
same controller then one must be jumpered Master/Dual Drive and the
other Slave/Dual Drive.

Good luck,

Steven
 
jimnbville said:
I am trying to replace my old hard drive (8.61 GB) with an 80GB
Maxtor. The system will not boot or even recognize the thing.
Click to expand...

Grab the latest (last) BIOS 1014 beta 3 and flash it (if aflash won't
copperate, use pflash2). Should be that one:
ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/BIOS/Slot_I/INTEL_Chipset/i440BX/P2B-F/with_Hardwaremonitor/1014f_03.zip

Stephan
 
That older motherboard's ancient BIOS will NOT recognize a harddrive as
large as 80 GB. You might get it to work with either a 10 GB or a 20 GB.
 
DaveW said:
That older motherboard's ancient BIOS will NOT recognize a harddrive as
large as 80 GB. You might get it to work with either a 10 GB or a 20 GB.
Click to expand...

That's why other posters have suggested updating the BIOS. The last BIOS
for the P2B series (1014beta3) supports up to 128GB drives.
 
i have the asus p2b-f
bios version 1013.A
diamond max plus d740x 80gb hdd
no problems
also have a 30gb and 20gb hdd
running winxp
slot 1 to socket 370 converter card
celeron 566 oc'd to 892 mhz
 
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