Maxtor 1925 User Manual

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Installation

Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT

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Figure 4-10

Completing the Drive Installation

4.8

TECHNIQUES IN DRIVE CONFIGURATION

4.8.1

The 528-Megabytes Barrier

Older BIOS that only support Int 13 commands for accessing ATA drives

through DOS based operating systems will be limited to use only 1024

cylinders. This will reduce the effective capacity of the drive to

528Mbytes.

Whenever possible the Maxtor Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT drive

should be used on systems that support LBA translation to ensure the

use of the entire capacity of the disk drive. If that is not possible the

following are some techniques that can be used to overcome this

barrier.

Mounting Screws

Mounting Bracket

ATA-Bus Interface Cable