Dell SC1425 and large (750GB) SATA drive not seen

[Steve Hanselman]

Thanks, didn't know where best to post, I'll take it there.

Regards

Steve
 

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Sent: 21 September 2007 12:05
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Subject: Re: Dell SC1425 and large (750GB) SATA drive not seen


If the BIOS cant see them, this may be a better question for
poweredge-linux at lists.us.dell.com

http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge

~BAS

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Steve Hanselman wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've a Dell SC1425 which works fine with a pair of 80GB WD drives.
>
> I have just tried to put a pair of Seagate 750GB SATA drives in and 
> they are not seen, not by the BIOS (which I've now upgraded to A03), 
> nor by Seagate's standalone utility nor by Linux.
>
> The chipset is an ICH5, any reason why this wouldn't support these 
> drives?
>
> Drives are ST3750640AS and I've also tried using the 1.5GB limit 
> jumper as well
>
> Seagate say they must be DOA but it seems a little unlikely that I'd 
> get two in a single order!!
>
> Steve
>
>
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