3TB HDD compatibility

[iuli4u2003]

Hi, I want to know if MSI K9N Neo v1.0 supports 3 TB HDD on sata port 2?
sata port 2 is compatible with SATA port 3?

thanks

[einstein9]

from my personal experience (and this is out of the main subject of this forum)
will not support.

always look @ the latest Bios update date/year, this is too OLD
to make sure email MSI support

[fzabkar]

If you make the 3TB drive a data drive rather than a boot drive, then your OS, and motherboard drivers, may be able to support it even if your BIOS doesn't.

For example, I am aware of two ways in which HDD manufacturers circumvent the 2TiB limit of Windows XP.

Seagate uses DiscWizard, an OEM version of Acronis Disk Director, to emulate two physical drives, 2TB plus 0.73TB:
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/reviews/storage- ... -40092544/

Hitachi gets around the problem with a GPT Disk Manager:
http://www.paragon-software.com/hitachi/

The following Hitachi documents make good reading.

Advanced Format Technology Brief:
http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib. ... hbrief.pdf

High Capacity (≥2.2TB) Technology Brief:
http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib. ... hBrief.pdf

[iuli4u2003]

it is WD 3TB HDD on SATA 2 .

I will use that data unit. I have windows 7 ultimate 64bit. will recognize the full capacity?

thanks.

[fzabkar]

See the section entitled "Decision Tree: Steps for Creating a DATA Drive" on page 3 of the last Hitachi document in my previous post.

These appear to be the latest drivers for your nForce 550 chipset:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce-vis ... river.html

Hopefully they will support drives larger than 2.2TiB.