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monstamash
May 31st 04, 05:51 PM
MY HD is damaged and I need to replace it in a Win 98 machine. Does anyone know what hard drives I can buy that would replace a Samsung SV0844A hard drive and be compatible with what is in the computer already? I can go for more than the original 8.4G , but compatibility is the question. I'll stay small if need be.

philo
May 31st 04, 11:23 PM
"monstamash" > wrote in message
...
> MY HD is damaged and I need to replace it in a Win 98 machine. Does anyone
know what hard drives I can buy that would replace a Samsung SV0844A hard
drive and be compatible with what is in the computer already? I can go for
more than the original 8.4G , but compatibility is the question. I'll stay
small if need be.

that's a matter of what the bios can handle

how old is your machine?

when it boots up you should get a message listing the bios type

monstamash
June 1st 04, 05:31 AM
Bios says version 4.51PG

philo
June 1st 04, 12:14 PM
"monstamash" > wrote in message
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> Bios says version 4.51PG


from what i've been able to find

that's an Award bios from around 1998 but i don't know how large of a
drive it could take...
unless someone here knows the specs i'd keep the drive fairly small

usually up to 30 gigs is fairly safe...but i'd wait for a few more opinions
on that.


btw: most older machines can usually use larger drives through the use of
either a bios
upgrade, a software drive overlay...or a pci controller card

Jake
June 1st 04, 03:01 PM
hi,
one of my machines runs on award 4.51 bios (yes I know is old)
and has a partitioned drive of 30G and on the same bus an old 10G
hope this helps

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Ron Badour
June 2nd 04, 01:21 AM
I have a note (origin unknown) that says prior to 1999, the Award Bios could
only address 32 gb and smaller.

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"philo" > wrote in message
...
>
> "monstamash" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Bios says version 4.51PG
>
>
> from what i've been able to find
>
> that's an Award bios from around 1998 but i don't know how large of a
> drive it could take...
> unless someone here knows the specs i'd keep the drive fairly small
>
> usually up to 30 gigs is fairly safe...but i'd wait for a few more
opinions
> on that.
>
>
> btw: most older machines can usually use larger drives through the use of
> either a bios
> upgrade, a software drive overlay...or a pci controller card
>
>

Steve Baron - KB3MM
June 2nd 04, 02:42 AM
Really depends on who did the BIOS for that machine. Award simply supplies
a generic version to the mobo mfgr.


"philo" > wrote in message
...
>
> "monstamash" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Bios says version 4.51PG
>
>
> from what i've been able to find
>
> that's an Award bios from around 1998 but i don't know how large of a
> drive it could take...
> unless someone here knows the specs i'd keep the drive fairly small
>
> usually up to 30 gigs is fairly safe...but i'd wait for a few more
opinions
> on that.
>
>
> btw: most older machines can usually use larger drives through the use of
> either a bios
> upgrade, a software drive overlay...or a pci controller card
>
>