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  1. June 4th, 2006, 05:21 PM #1
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    Another older motherboard question...

    Hi! I'm thinking about buying a larger hard drive for my second computer (workstation2 in my sig). It uses the Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard, and I was wondering if anyone knows what is tha largest IDE hdd that this board will support? I know it'll probably support a 40gb drive, but I want to find out if i can get something bigger. I don't want to have to buy a pci controller card, or use a disc overlay. I have a 8.5 gig SCSI 160 drive in there right now, but I was looking for something for storage.
    I woulden't mind trying a BIOS update if anyone knows where to find one at. I have an identical motherboard if anything goes wrong.
    -TIA
    My Network:
    -Workstation1: AMD64 3400+; 1gb RAM; 360GB Hdd space; GeForce FX5500; SB Live! 24-bit audio;WinXP Pro SP2
    -Workstation2: PentiumIII 800 Coppermine; 384MB RAM; 36 & 9gb Ultra 160 HDD's; Matrox G400 Dual Head; Yamaha DS1 audio; Win2k Pro SP4
    -Workstation3: PentiumIII 800 Coppermine; 384MB RAM; 80GB HDD; GeForce MX4000; SB Live! Basic audio; Win2k Pro SP4
    -Laptop: Pentium M 1.66GHz; 512MB RAM; 27GB HDD;
    Win XP Pro SP2
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  2. June 4th, 2006, 06:31 PM #2
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    No longer supported by Intel, but they do have this hanging around for the half-dozen people still using that board.

    http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=208&OSFullName=Windows%2A+2000&lang=eng&strOSs=19&submit=Go%21
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  3. June 4th, 2006, 06:47 PM #3
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    Seeing the CPU's it supports, a 120GB hdd will be the biggest it can support without having to resorting to a pci controller.
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    Ok, thanks for the help! 120gb should be more than enough for that machine.
    My Network:
    -Workstation1: AMD64 3400+; 1gb RAM; 360GB Hdd space; GeForce FX5500; SB Live! 24-bit audio;WinXP Pro SP2
    -Workstation2: PentiumIII 800 Coppermine; 384MB RAM; 36 & 9gb Ultra 160 HDD's; Matrox G400 Dual Head; Yamaha DS1 audio; Win2k Pro SP4
    -Workstation3: PentiumIII 800 Coppermine; 384MB RAM; 80GB HDD; GeForce MX4000; SB Live! Basic audio; Win2k Pro SP4
    -Laptop: Pentium M 1.66GHz; 512MB RAM; 27GB HDD;
    Win XP Pro SP2
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  6. June 8th, 2006, 09:59 PM #5
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    Your welcome.
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