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Name: khan Date: September 1, 2004 at 15:10:02 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: AMD XP 1600, 1 GB
Comment:
Sup all, okay i just bought a new hard drive and i had problems installing .. i checked on the forum and some one said i should update my MOBO chipset drivers.. Its an Ali chipset.. but when i read the manual for my mobo, there is north bridge system chipset and south bridge system pciset.. should i update drivers for both?
Name: ham30 Date: September 1, 2004 at 18:46:12 Pacific
Reply:
They probably meant upgrade the bios. But there could be other reasons. What size is the drive? I believe you need SP1 installed to recognize drives over 137gb.
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