185 Gig drive

**dmmunro** · April 16th, 2003, 09:46 AM

I've updated to 10.2.5 and now my 185 Gig drive is only recognised as a 128gig drive.. what gives?

**ksv** · April 16th, 2003, 10:38 AM

What model is your computer?
Do you use a PCI ATA controller card? Could it be the driver for the card being incompatible with 10.2.5?

There's been a lot of trouble with 10.2.5 so it wouldn't surprise me if it's actually a bug in the OS.

**dmmunro** · April 16th, 2003, 11:08 AM

the ATA adapter I have required a firmware update.

**OmegaMan** · April 16th, 2003, 03:40 PM

Isn't there a 137gb barrier with IDE? You might need a ultraATA133 controller card.

There are firewire hdds (lacie) that are 500gb...and I assime that they dont need any special routine since they're ext.

**GraphicUmp** · April 18th, 2003, 07:48 PM

He just posted that he has a Sonnet ATA133 - that would be a controller card.

**dmmunro** · April 19th, 2003, 06:27 AM

Yes, I have a sonnet tech ATA133. I have never heard tha there was a limit on drive size on the native ATA channel. In fact the drive works perfectly on apple hardware. Once the firmware was installed the drive worked flawlessly.

**wyvern** · April 19th, 2003, 07:01 PM

BTW the LaCie 500gb drives are multiple drives stitched together to form one biiiig volume. Not a terribly good idea, since you double or triple your chances of the volume failing.