the_hittman
Sep 12, 2002, 01:07 PM
install a new hard drive?
my current hard drive is 6gb but i'm gonna buy a new 20gb+ hard drive. do i need to buy a new motherboard as well so the hard drive works?
Hoss
Sep 13, 2002, 12:29 AM
It might work up to 30 GB allright. But you won't get any benfits of the ATA/66, 100 or 133 if it doesn't support it.
What CPU are you running and do you know what chipset the Mobo uses?
If not try here
http://www.belarc.com/Download.html
http://www.hwinfo.com/
the_hittman
Sep 13, 2002, 05:48 AM
i have a pentium II 266mhz wit windows 95.gonna upgrade the OS to 98 or ME.
the_hittman
Sep 14, 2002, 08:13 AM
here are my details:
motherboard chipset intel 82440FXNATOMA
CPU TYPE = original OEM processor
my drive is:
IDE (ATA/ATAPI) 6GB quantum bigfoot_cy6480A
i'm from uk.