160 gb = 131069 mb?

lamrinnirmal · 02-08-2005, 03:21 PM

i recently bought a 160 gb seagate harddisk( not SATA) . in the windows xp setup it shows me i have 131069 mb?...i know about the theory behind it that 1024 mb = 1 gb and hdd manufacturers use 1000mb =1 gb but is the difference so huge for 160 gb?

sumitava_b · 02-08-2005, 03:48 PM

Its not a problem with multiplication. This is a problem with ur motherboard. It is not showing 30 GB. I also saw this problem in my friend's system. His vendor said that some motherboard are not fully compatible with hdd with greater space. He gave some patch (came in a floppy only). After that it recognised the full space. I dont remember the exact incident. U can inform ur vendor. He must be known about this problem.

lamrinnirmal · 02-08-2005, 04:06 PM

the motherboard is pretty new.i ve just got a new computer with an AMD 64 2800 and an ASRock motherboard(K8Upgrade-VM800)

anyways i think i ve found the solution. i just have to try it out after installing xp. basically i need to install sp1 and tweak some registers. here are the links i found helpful if anyone's interested:

The motherboard FAQ's site: http://www.asrock.com/support/FAQ/in...ss=General-HDD

other sites:
http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/t8905.html
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...&output=gplain
http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showth...threadid=37938

casual_gamer · 02-08-2005, 11:24 PM

i had the same problem when i used 160gb harddisk with pentium3, 815 intel motherboard, it recognised only 131 mb in bios, so i am currently using only 120gb (4 partitions of 30gb).

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lamrinnirmal Broken In Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: /bin/sh Posts: 158	160 gb = 131069 mb? i recently bought a 160 gb seagate harddisk( not SATA) . in the windows xp setup it shows me i have 131069 mb?...i know about the theory behind it that 1024 mb = 1 gb and hdd manufacturers use 1000mb =1 gb but is the difference so huge for 160 gb?

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02-08-2005, 03:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
sumitava_b In The Zone Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joka Posts: 293	Its not a problem with multiplication. This is a problem with ur motherboard. It is not showing 30 GB. I also saw this problem in my friend's system. His vendor said that some motherboard are not fully compatible with hdd with greater space. He gave some patch (came in a floppy only). After that it recognised the full space. I dont remember the exact incident. U can inform ur vendor. He must be known about this problem.

02-08-2005, 04:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
lamrinnirmal Broken In Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: /bin/sh Posts: 158	the motherboard is pretty new.i ve just got a new computer with an AMD 64 2800 and an ASRock motherboard(K8Upgrade-VM800) anyways i think i ve found the solution. i just have to try it out after installing xp. basically i need to install sp1 and tweak some registers. here are the links i found helpful if anyone's interested: The motherboard FAQ's site: http://www.asrock.com/support/FAQ/in...ss=General-HDD other sites: http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/t8905.html http://groups.google.com/group/micro...&output=gplain http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showth...threadid=37938

02-08-2005, 11:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
casual_gamer In The Zone Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bengloor Posts: 248	i had the same problem when i used 160gb harddisk with pentium3, 815 intel motherboard, it recognised only 131 mb in bios, so i am currently using only 120gb (4 partitions of 30gb).