k7s5a pro - hard drive won't fdisk/format to over 2 gig, HELP

Hi,

for the past 2 days ive been trying to get my hard drive working and i
can't figure this damn thing out.

Ive got an older fujitsu 10 gig drive im trying to install, I have
been able to format it to 10 gigs on my current pc but when i install
it in the k7s5a it goes to 2 gigs.



Ive tried fdisk/format around 10 times and the same thing each time, 2
gigs.

LBA mode is enabled, and i am choosing 'large disk support' in fdisk.

Fdisk is reporting the drive to be partitioned in FAT32 but only 2
gigs instead of 10.

I have flashed the latest BIOS.... same thing.


Why with todays computers am i still having this trouble? What
causes this problem and how do i fix it?

btw: I do not have the floppy that came with the drive, fujitsu's
website directs me to OnTrack's site and they want $39.99 for the boot
manager disk.... wtf!


Please help, thank you

I don't have your board but first thing comes to mind is FAT16. Check your
BIOS settings for LBA and 32Bit Mode access.

M. 30711. 4:03am ET
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"jeff" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> Hi,
>
> for the past 2 days ive been trying to get my hard drive working and i
> can't figure this damn thing out.
>
> Ive got an older fujitsu 10 gig drive im trying to install, I have
> been able to format it to 10 gigs on my current pc but when i install
> it in the k7s5a it goes to 2 gigs.
>
>
>
> Ive tried fdisk/format around 10 times and the same thing each time, 2
> gigs.
>
> LBA mode is enabled, and i am choosing 'large disk support' in fdisk.
>
> Fdisk is reporting the drive to be partitioned in FAT32 but only 2
> gigs instead of 10.
>
> I have flashed the latest BIOS.... same thing.
>
>
> Why with todays computers am i still having this trouble? What
> causes this problem and how do i fix it?
>
> btw: I do not have the floppy that came with the drive, fujitsu's
> website directs me to OnTrack's site and they want $39.99 for the boot
> manager disk.... wtf!
>
>
> Please help, thank you
>

It is a SIS chipset/fujitsu issue. there are still fujitsu drives that
hate the sis chipset. I think I had to set the jumpers to CS instead of
master or slave. either that or just used another drive. I forget and it
has been a long time since I used fujitsu drives


jeff () wrote:
: Hi,

: for the past 2 days ive been trying to get my hard drive working and i
: can't figure this damn thing out.

: Ive got an older fujitsu 10 gig drive im trying to install, I have
: been able to format it to 10 gigs on my current pc but when i install
: it in the k7s5a it goes to 2 gigs.



: Ive tried fdisk/format around 10 times and the same thing each time, 2
: gigs.

: LBA mode is enabled, and i am choosing 'large disk support' in fdisk.

: Fdisk is reporting the drive to be partitioned in FAT32 but only 2
: gigs instead of 10.

: I have flashed the latest BIOS.... same thing.


: Why with todays computers am i still having this trouble? What
: causes this problem and how do i fix it?

: btw: I do not have the floppy that came with the drive, fujitsu's
: website directs me to OnTrack's site and they want $39.99 for the boot
: manager disk.... wtf!


: Please help, thank you

Setting to CS worked!!!!!




thank you so much



(Brian Campbell) wrote in message news:<beltls$jea$>...
> It is a SIS chipset/fujitsu issue. there are still fujitsu drives that
> hate the sis chipset. I think I had to set the jumpers to CS instead of
> master or slave. either that or just used another drive. I forget and it
> has been a long time since I used fujitsu drives
>
>
> jeff () wrote:
> : Hi,
>
> : for the past 2 days ive been trying to get my hard drive working and i
> : can't figure this damn thing out.
>
> : Ive got an older fujitsu 10 gig drive im trying to install, I have
> : been able to format it to 10 gigs on my current pc but when i install
> : it in the k7s5a it goes to 2 gigs.
>
>
>
> : Ive tried fdisk/format around 10 times and the same thing each time, 2
> : gigs.
>
> : LBA mode is enabled, and i am choosing 'large disk support' in fdisk.
>
> : Fdisk is reporting the drive to be partitioned in FAT32 but only 2
> : gigs instead of 10.
>
> : I have flashed the latest BIOS.... same thing.
>
>
> : Why with todays computers am i still having this trouble? What
> : causes this problem and how do i fix it?
>
> : btw: I do not have the floppy that came with the drive, fujitsu's
> : website directs me to OnTrack's site and they want $39.99 for the boot
> : manager disk.... wtf!
>
>
> : Please help, thank you