Hi. I also have some of the same issue as http://www.computing.net/hardware/wwwboard/forum/41163.html, just with other configurations. I can't make my old motherboard detect my new 300 GB HDD. I tried out the point with changing to newer IDE cable, and it turns out that there are one pin more on the motherboard than on the cable, so I simply can't use the newer cable. Does this meen that I can't make the new HDD work on my old computer? I haven't found out where to find BIOS upgrade to my computer. Any suggestions? My new HDD is a Samsung SpinPoint T133 HD300LD (300 GB). My motherboard is: Manufacturer : Pronix (Epox) MP Support : No Model : 08/03/1998 For Apollo VP3 AGP/PCIset System BIOS : 08/03/98-VP3-586B-W877-2A5LEPA9C-00 Chipset : VIA Apollo (M)VP3 Processor: Model : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor Speed : 334MHz Package : Super Socket 7 PGA Any help is appreciated! Regards, Tomsi

Buy an ATA controller card

I think your cable has one of the holes missing in order to locate it properly. Try a cable without the blanked off hole. If the cable is flat, there will be a red stripe down one side, which indicated the end of the connector where pin 1 is. You will find the number 1 printed on the mobo by its hdd connector. Good Luck - Keep us posted.

Dude that rig rocks XD Anyhoo, I agree with jam. Because that motherboard probably supports drives with a max of 8Gb or 33GB also it is proably only ATA33. If you get a controller card it should run fine. I hope this drive is for storage purposes only because you will probably have troubles getting it to boot off a controller card. Mattwizz3 : ) A7N8X-E Deluxe Sempron 2600+ OC 2.2GHz 1Gb DDR400 Dual Channel Maxtor SATA 200Gb/7200/8m WDC IDE 80Gb/7200/8m Damn Microsoft... DIE STEAM DIE!

There is probably a BIOS update that would allow the use of a 128 gigabyte hard drive with that board's standard IDE controller. But 300 gig? No way. That is beyond what the chipset can support. As mentioned in the previous post, the best solution is an IDE controller card.

If your old HD is still working, keep it and connect the new hard drive to the card. Use it as storage. You can also move some programs to it and pickup space on your C: drive. Sorry, I do not check for private messages

Just out of curiosity, why would you need a 300GB hard drive on such an ancient computer? It's too slow to play DVD rips, and much too slow to play games.