Wrong HDD size

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This is about a hard disk I bought last month. It's an 80GB Seagate
Barracuda 7200 rpm PATA drive, model No.ST380011A. It works except
that BIOS auto-detect, Fdisk, Windows and Partition Magic 8 all see it
as a 32GB drive. The 32GB limiting jumper is NOT used.

I tested it with three different mobos, all current models. They all
identify the model number correctly, and there's no problem
partitioning and formatting it as a 32GB drive. Entering the CHS
values manually simply indicates the calculated capacity. Configuring
it as cable select or changing the access mode to Large or LBA makes
no difference. Auto-detect reports it as -

Capacity - 33821 MB
Cylinders - 65530
Heads - 16
Precomp - 0
Landing zone - 65529
Sector - 63

I'm inclined to think it's simply a manufacturing error. I reported it
to Seagate but did not receive a reply. My supplier already sent me a
replacement last month and I sent back the drive in question today, so
the matter is more of academic interest than a pressing problem. But
I'm curious to know if anyone has ever come across a case like this.
 
ZTK said:
This is about a hard disk I bought last month. It's an 80GB Seagate
Barracuda 7200 rpm PATA drive, model No.ST380011A. It works except
that BIOS auto-detect, Fdisk, Windows and Partition Magic 8 all see it
as a 32GB drive. The 32GB limiting jumper is NOT used.

I tested it with three different mobos, all current models. They all
identify the model number correctly, and there's no problem
partitioning and formatting it as a 32GB drive. Entering the CHS
values manually simply indicates the calculated capacity. Configuring
it as cable select or changing the access mode to Large or LBA makes
no difference. Auto-detect reports it as -

Capacity - 33821 MB
Cylinders - 65530
Heads - 16
Precomp - 0
Landing zone - 65529
Sector - 63

I'm inclined to think it's simply a manufacturing error. I reported it
to Seagate but did not receive a reply. My supplier already sent me a
replacement last month and I sent back the drive in question today, so
the matter is more of academic interest than a pressing problem. But
I'm curious to know if anyone has ever come across a case like this.
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it's probably a bios limitation rather than a drive problem...
you need to use either a software "overlay" program
or else get a pci controller
 
philo said:
ZTK said:
This is about a hard disk I bought last month. It's an 80GB Seagate
Barracuda 7200 rpm PATA drive, model No.ST380011A. It works except
that BIOS auto-detect, Fdisk, Windows and Partition Magic 8 all see it
as a 32GB drive. The 32GB limiting jumper is NOT used.

I tested it with three different mobos, all current models.
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I'm inclined to think it's simply a manufacturing error. I reported it
to Seagate but did not receive a reply. My supplier already sent me a
replacement last month and I sent back the drive in question today, so
the matter is more of academic interest than a pressing problem. But
I'm curious to know if anyone has ever come across a case like this.
Click to expand...

it's probably a bios limitation rather than a drive problem...
you need to use either a software "overlay" program
or else get a pci controller
Click to expand...

Perhaps you missed the part where I said that "I tested it with three
different mobos, all current models". Those mobos are all working with
80GB or larger drives.
 
This is about a hard disk I bought last month. It's an 80GB Seagate
Barracuda 7200 rpm PATA drive, model No.ST380011A. It works except
that BIOS auto-detect, Fdisk, Windows and Partition Magic 8 all see it
as a 32GB drive. The 32GB limiting jumper is NOT used.

I tested it with three different mobos, all current models. They all
identify the model number correctly, and there's no problem
partitioning and formatting it as a 32GB drive. Entering the CHS
values manually simply indicates the calculated capacity. Configuring
it as cable select or changing the access mode to Large or LBA makes
no difference. Auto-detect reports it as -

Capacity - 33821 MB
Cylinders - 65530
Heads - 16
Precomp - 0
Landing zone - 65529
Sector - 63

I'm inclined to think it's simply a manufacturing error. I reported it
to Seagate but did not receive a reply. My supplier already sent me a
replacement last month and I sent back the drive in question today, so
the matter is more of academic interest than a pressing problem. But
I'm curious to know if anyone has ever come across a case like this.
Click to expand...

Check their support as some WD drives need all the jumpers off to be
correctly seen as a Master so double check their jumper legends
against their on-site references just in case?



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Shep© said:
Check their support as some WD drives need all the jumpers off to be
correctly seen as a Master so double check their jumper legends
against their on-site references just in case?
Click to expand...
Thanks for the interest, but I've used quite a few Seagate
Barracuda drives including this particular model, and am familiar
with their jumper settings. No, that's not it. I was wondering if
there was some factor I'd overlooked, but I guess it was just a
defective piece.
 
Thanks for the interest, but I've used quite a few Seagate
Barracuda drives including this particular model, and am familiar
with their jumper settings. No, that's not it. I was wondering if
there was some factor I'd overlooked, but I guess it was just a
defective piece.
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I had a mother board(can't remember what make) that I had to set the
detection from auto to manual and then press the enter key so it
manually,"Auto-Detected",if that makes sense :&




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HDD Size

I'm currently having a simular problem,....I've been running an AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0G cpu/mb with an ST380011A 80 Gig master drive, and a Western Digital 40 Gig slave drive for a few years with no problems. A few days ago, I tried to swap the WD 40Gig HDD with a WD 120Gig HDD. My 80Gig master drive is still fine, but the 120Gig only shows up as 32Gig. I've been experimenting with jumper settings but I'm not there yet. Any ideas?
 
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