I have a quick question, on a Dell Dimension 8200 what’s the largest hard drive it will support? I have seen people saying its 137 GB but some people say 250 GB, so I'm confused. Sunset, expect This to be your last with Our vast return As Death is set At three sixes where hill-beacons burn Darkness, undress Your descending skirts yield a thirsting altar Blood-

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I tryed but there are about 70 people ahead of me and I dont want to wait hours. lol Sunset, expect This to be your last with Our vast return As Death is set At three sixes where hill-beacons burn Darkness, undress Your descending skirts yield a thirsting altar Blood-

If it will support over 137gb (manufacturer's size; 128gb in Windows) it will support anything larger than that. Dell Dimension 8200 I looked around the Dell site - latest bios update 2002 - no release notes there. (motherboard support for hard drives > 137/128gb is more recent than that in most cases) drives up to 120gb have been tested by Dell I would say no, the motherboard doesn't support it. You need to get a hard drive controller card that has it's own bios on it (the really cheap ones have no bios - your mboard has to already have the support). They are much cheaper than they used to be, and they will support the UDMA of the latest drives, which is often better/faster than what your mboard can support on it's own. XP SP2 already supports any drive size.

Ok, well is it possable to use a Serial ATA drive in this computer if I get a S-ATA controler card? I was thinking about getting this hard drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144154 and this controler card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815161012 Will this setup work correctly? Sunset, expect This to be your last with Our vast return As Death is set At three sixes where hill-beacons burn Darkness, undress Your descending skirts yield a thirsting altar Blood-

Yes you can do that but the controller card must have it's own bios on it - the really cheap ones do not, and with those your mboard must already support drives > 137/128gb. XP SP2 already supports any drive size. Take a look at the web site of the controller manufacturer before you buy. Some of the cheapest ones have poor support and poor manuals. Download a manual for the model you were thinking of buying - if you don't "get" the instructions, move on to one that has a decent manual.

I thought of that already thats one reason why I chose that one, "Supports 48-bit LBA (Logical Block Addressing) for hard drives larger than 137GB." Doesnt that imply that it has its own bios? I didnt get a chance to look at the manual for it but I will tomarow as I'm going to bed soon. Sunset, expect This to be your last with Our vast return As Death is set At three sixes where hill-beacons burn Darkness, undress Your descending skirts yield a thirsting altar Blood-