Re: 48-bit IDE [Re: 160gb disk showing up as 137gb]

Mike Dresser (mdresser_l@windsormachine.com)
Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:57:10 -0400 (EDT)

> For some reason, my 160G disks work on the "native" controllers, but
> not on the promise cards that I bought for the purpose... After
> figuring this out I haven't taken the time to find the root cause, as
> I'm just a user in this respect...
>
> Roger.

I seem to remember something about new Promise BIOS's that fix that
LBA48 issue. Try updating the bios, and see what happens.

Looking at their bios page, I see the Ultra 100 TX2 supports LBA48, don't
see any info on the Ultra 100, Ultra 66, etc though. I believe the 133
TX2 has it built in.

Hope this helps,

Mike

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