I have A Trinity 400 (S1854) motherboard that goes back to 1999. Currently, it has an 80GB IDE/PATA hard drive installed.
It is my understanding that the BIOS of a motherboard going back to that era has a 137GB (or so) limit in terms of hard drive size.
I would like to install a 320GB IDE/PATA...
Hi. Moderately experienced computer "tweaker" here.
I have a desktop with a Tyan motherboard (Trinity 400 - S1854) that was purchased back in 1999. The chipset is VIA Apollo Pro 133A, the BIOS (Award 4.51PG) is v. 1.07 released on 5/11/2000.
Here is a link to the Tyan site for this...