WD 200GB HDDs on BP-6

MTRH · Post by **MTRH** » Fri Sep 06, 2002 10:32 am

Hi
I just bought two 200GB WDs for a steal.
Does the BIOS support them on the HPT66 controller?
and oh, what BIOS is the latest?

Post by **Derek** » Fri Sep 06, 2002 2:12 pm

1) Yes (I wouldn't suggest using the HPT controller! Buy a fast Promise controller)

2) RU

MTRH · Post by **MTRH** » Sat Sep 07, 2002 9:15 am

Hmm
Can it really report all 200GBs?
It's not really in my budget to buy a controller right now

expensive disc

Post by **Derek** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 10:02 am

D-6 wrote:FYI, from my recent search of the Highpoint-tech website, they claim the HPT366 to be able to support drives up to 137GB

Yea, you're right. MTRH: Have you tried them with the controller yet?

RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 12:23 am

MTRH,
You and our (2) 200G drives deserve something much better than an HPT366 running them!
Get the Promise ATA100 for $30 or the ATA133 for$35.
Save your HPT366 channels for READ-ONLY devices, that's all it should be trusted to run.
200G is alot of gigs to get wasted after it represents a lot of hours invested.

(3) BP6 sysems - single PIII/1100E @1.21GHz - single Cele2/1100 @1.09GHz -Dual 366 @466MHz