HDD compatibility question

[szabi]

Hi, I have an old Soyo SY-7VCA motherboard with UDMA66 (ATA/66) support, and want to buy a Seagate 160GB ATA/100 harddisk. (ST3160023A-RK)
My question is, will the BIOS recognize it, and if yes, what amount of space will be available?
(in the motherboards manual there is no info regarding HDD support)
Thanks!

 

[ericgibbs]

hi szabi,
Goto the seagate web site and download their disc wizard and following the instruction guides.
This should give you idea if they are compatible.

 

[Thunderchild]

how old ?

if that old it will be recognised as far as 32 GB the ata specification should not be a problem as either mobo or HDD will come down to the speed of the other, an alternative is to get a PCI/ATA card but by the time you've done all that get a new mobo

 

[szabi]

Thank you for the replys, the DiscWizard only contains a DiscClone feature, which allows me to copy the old hdd to the new one.
Here are some specifications of my mobo, if you have the time to take a look at it:
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[Thunderchild]

I don't think you should have any problems your mainboard manual should tell you the biggest installable HDD

 

[szabi]

d@mn, I think I've found the answer
https://www.soyousa.com/kb/kbdesc.php?id=29
could this be possible, only 100GB? (and why not 137 - 28bit addressing)

 

[Thunderchild]

yea it's possible I recomend a new mobo it's time

 

[szabi]

I've tried with my friend's 120GB WD, and it works! (120GB BIOS and Windows)