Is my motherboard compatible with my hard drive?
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hmmm. I dont quite follow that response but it strikes me as fairly well informed..\n\nIf you are attempting to put this in a computer that already works you may need to install specific drivers for the sata connection, if they were not installed by default when you installed the motherboard drivers and such. If you did not have this drive in when you installed windows, it may not have installed the storage drivers...\n\nI was thinking you may need the large drive support drivers but I am not sure. I believe that is over 137 gigs.\n\nbelow is a link to the drivers that may make it work.\n\nex. If I dont have my scsi drivers on a floppy, windows can't see the drive to install it during my windows install. \nBefore you try this I would go to windows update and see it it offers storage drivers as well.\nhope this helps.
557215
Yes, without a doubt.  And you won't need drivers for it, unless your new PC is running Windows 98.  If it's a DVD-Rom drive, put it anywhere you want it.  If it's a DVD-RW (a burner), then it has to be the Master drive on IDE 1 (IDE 0 is where the hard drive is installed).  Of course, if either is SATA, it won't matter where it's installed.
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Your motherboard may not support this large of a hard drive.  I imagine that it's like 4 heads, 2 platters, 16000 cylinders or something.  Usually, there are three ways around this:  first, look on the drive and see if there's an alternate way that the master/slave jumpers can be set so that it recognizes the drive as a different configuration (it will identify itself as 16 heads, 8 platters, 4000 cylinders, or something like that, that the motherboard can deal with), and maybe your motherboard will read it then.  Second, when your motherboard auto-detects the drive, there are usually a few different choices for its configuration.  Try selecting a different option with the same size (it will do the multiple-head fake-out in the BIOS without any hardware changes).  Third, go on the Internet and see if there are any BIOS upgrades that will make the board work better with large drives.
708875
What OS are you running?  You shouldn't need a driver for your hard drive.
170533
Well, you should be able to plug it in and be able to boot off your new drive. Even if you can't, it won't hurt the computer if it fails, so give it a shot.
14012
You probably need to update your BIOS, check with the manufacturer to see if an update is available.  Some older motherboards don't like seeing a 160GB hard drive and will limit your storage no matter what you do in Windows.
329183
Yeah, you're correct.  Motherboards and harddrives NEVER get along, you can only use one or the other.
742141
Its not that easy:\nOn your motherboard, you might have two IDE connectors (the name of the connectors used to connect the Hard Disks to the motherboard - you can also have SCSI, which is faster). And on each IDE cable connecting to the IDE connectors, you might have two connectors for a master and a slave.\nMake sure that the hard disk you want to use to boot is configured as the primary master (using jumpers beside the power connectors on the hard disk), and the new hard disk is configured as secondary master, or any slave.\nStart your computer, and (I am assuming that you are using Win XP), partition and format your new hard drive (You can do this by going through Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management)\n\nPlease, if you don't have basic technical skills, I suggest you ask a technician to help you install the hard drive.\n(SCSI and external Hard Drives are easier to install and use.)
228727
Download a program called SiSoftware Sandra at http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=92\n It will tell you what model your motherboard is, how much memory it can use etc. If you at least know what model the motherboard is then you can look up the specs, otherwise there is no way of knowing.
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It depends on the port it uses to connect to your computer.\nfor example if it uses USP Port then u should check if your motherboard detects a USB Hard drive without an Operating System.\nIt's easy: \n1)u can check the motherboard's Manual \n2)or go into the setup. somewhere u can choose your first boot device. check if it can be a USB Hard drive.\nIts the same for the other ports.\nhope it helps u.
72767
Uplug the hard drive cables, disk drives, cd, etc. Then power up and see if the mother board will run. Work from there.
14592
All of the SATA specificatoins are backwards compatible.  Your SATA 2 drive will run on a SATA 1 motherborad and your SATA 1 drive ill run on a SATA 2 motherboard.  The only difference is that you won't get some of the features available with SATA 2 if both the drive and motherboard aren't SATA 2.
1153753
I think you are confusing the circuit board on the hard drive with the motherboard. This board is NOT the motherboard. If the hard drive circuit board appears to have a burn mark return it. If the actual motherboard has a burn mark it needs to be investigated.
240824
You need to check the user manual whether your system supports SATA. FYI you need different interface on the motherboard in order to use SATA hdds
696017
HPs normally do not provide disks, and it can be a real pain. They place a second, small pertition on the hard drive where you hit F10 to perform a Recovery (re-image the PC). This unfortunately means that you cannot use it with the new motherboard.\n\nIt is best to save yourself a whole lot of headache and just buy a Windows XP OEM disk so that you can do what you need to.\n\nYou find out what kind of hard drives you have by:\n1) Going into the Device Mangager list and googleing the model number(s) of your drive(s).\n2) Turning off your computer, open it up and see what the stickers on the drive(s) say.\n\nGood luck!
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THE MOTHER BOARD IS FINE  THE PROBLEM WAS THE BIOS IS NOT SET UP CORRECLTY AND SINCE U DID A RESET ON IT ,NOW U HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT WAS SET UP, OPEN UP THE COMPUTER TAKE OUT THE CABLES WHERE UR CD AND HARD DRIVE IS, NOW START THE COMPUTER IS GOING TO SAY IN YOUR SCREEN HARDISK NOT FOUND AFTER IT SAYS THAT CONNECT THE HARDDRIVE TO THE COMPUTER TO SEE IF IT RECONIZE IT \nIF DOESNT RECONG IT  THEN GO TO BIO WITH THE COMPUTER OPEN AND THE HARDRIVE STILL IN THERE AND COM STILL ON IN THE BIO SET UP GO TO HARDWARE AND THERE GOING TO BE A OPTIONS WHERE II SAY DISABLE OR ENABLE ,ENABLE THE THE HARDRIVE AND THEN SAVE WHERE IT SAYS SECURITY AND THAT IT
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If you replace the motherboard you are basically replacing the parts that make it a Gateway. The bios is what holds the gateway info. and that will go with the mobo.You should be able to use most of your cards,modems video cards (if it has any they may be  onboard in which case you will need to buy a graphics card) Your memory will work on other mobo's but they need to support the same type of memory. Hard drives and other drives will plug in but it will probablynot run your old hard drive with the new bios.You will have to format and reinstall your os. and finally you need to make sure you get a mobo that takes your processor. Socket A Socket 7 or Pentium, so you have to know all of these things . Good Luck.