Hi Folks,
I have an old Dell Dimension XPS T500 with a 440BX Mobo and a 1.4GHz Celeron processor and 512MB of RAM.
I currently have 3 internal drives all of 120GB and I'm running on XP Pro. SP2.
I've bought a new 250GB hard drive and when trying to install using Seagate's Disc Wizard for Windows, it only configures it as 128GB (137GB).
As I said, I'm on XP Pro SP2 and I've checked that "enable big lba" is set, but I still can't recognise anything over 128.
I did manage at one point to get the drive initialised as 232Gb (250GB) but every time I put data on it above 128GB, it corrupted the disc completely.
Hence my concerns about the BIOS.
Any help, suggestions or instructions on how to check/set enable LBA in the BIOS will be most appreciated.
Regards.

It could be that that board will not support drives over 128GB.

The BIOS Setup is accessed via the Delete key on Power on.

Not sure if a BIOS update would help:

http://support.dell.com/support/down...&os=WW1&osl=EN

Perhaps Dell would offer some help:

http://support.dell.com/support/topi...gen&redirect=1

Dell Dimension XPS T500

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...dkub/specs.htm

I see no LBA settings in the BIOS:

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...b/syssetup.htm

Table 5. Primary IDE Master Submenu Options

Option Function
Type Specifies the type of hard-disk drive. If the drive supports the auto-detect feature, set this option to Auto. For no IDE drive, set Type to None.
Maximum Capacity Displays the drive's maximum storage capacity.
Multi-Sector Transfers Determines the number of sectors per block during multiple-sector transfers. If Type is set to User, set Multi-Sector Transfers to 2 Sectors, 4 Sectors, 8 Sectors, or 16 Sectors or disable the feature.
LBA Mode Control Determines LBA mode control. Set to Enable (default) unless directed to change it by a Dell technical support representative.
Transfer Mode Selects method of moving data to and from the EIDE drive. Options include Standard and the PIO modes 1, 2, 3, and 4, which can improve the performance of a hard-disk drive. (The higher the PIO number, the faster the transfer; most newer drives support Fast PIO 4.) For the optimum transfer mode, set Type to Auto. If Type is set to Disabled, PIO is turned off.
Ultra DMA Sets the Ultra DMA mode for the drive.

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc.../dkub/docs.htm