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    TravelMate 3202XMi and Large Hard Drives

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Philx72, Jun 3, 2009.

  1. Philx72

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    Hello all,
    I've replaced a faulty 80 GB hard drive on my TM 3202XMi with a 320 GB one (Western Digital WD3200BEVE), but I can't seem to be able to make Windows XP (with integrated SP3) recognize more than 137 GB of it. Basically, It seems that LBA48 support is missing somewhere.

    What I've tried so far:

    - Updating the bios to the latest revision; note that I *cannot* see the hard disk size from the bios itself, only its model and serial number;

    - Installing the OS from a basic XP SP3 media;

    - Installing the OS from a XP SP3 media that includes a slipstreamed copy of DriverPacks (Mass Storage and Chipset).

    - Installing all the official Chipset drivers provided by Acer;

    - Installing the Intel Application Accelerator drivers by modifying the idechndr.inf file in order to force it to support the 82801DBM IDE controller;

    Note that other operating system, such as Linux (Debian) and FreeBSD *CAN SEE* the entire drive without any problem!

    I'm stumped. Any hint about performing further tests or resolving the issue? TIA.
     
    Philx72, Jun 3, 2009
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