Maxtor ATA Hard Drive Installation Manual page 31

Restart the system.
e.
If the BIOS was set to Auto-Detect and the hard drive is detected without hanging the system, follow the
instructions in "Formatting the Hard Drive" on page 18.
Award BIOS version 4.51PG has a known 32 GB capacity limitation. Setting the Cylinder Limitation Jumper and using
the MaxBlast 3 software may not allow you to work around this limitation. Contact your system or motherboard
manufacturer for a BIOS update that may resolve this issue. Another way to overcome the BIOS limitation is to install an
Ultra ATA PCI card like the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Adapter Card.
• If the system still hangs, you can use the MaxBlast 3 software to set the drive size.
4 Power the system off and disconnect the ATA and power cables from the hard drive.
a.
Confirm that the jumper and cables are set up properly.
b.
Restart the system and enter the BIOS Setup utility.
c.
Set the BIOS parameters for the drive from Auto-Detect to None.
d.
Save the settings, exit Setup, and power the system off.
e.
f. Reconnect the drive's power and ATA cables, power the system on and insert the
MaxBlast 3 CD or diskette.
g. When the system boots to the MaxBlast 3 program, choose the Utilities option and choose Set
Drive Size.
Enter 41286768 in the suggested capacity window, then click Next. After MaxBlast 3 sets the
h.
drive size, exit MaxBlast, restart your system and enter the BIOS setup utility.
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