New Hard Disk For Old PC

[chetlog]

I have install a 40 gig HD on an old Pentium III 450 mhz PC and I had to limit the capacity to 32 gig. Everything went fine but when I boot up I always get a message saying "Hard Disk Fail" then I have to push F1 to Continue or Del to go to the the setup/BIOS. How can I fix this? Thanks.

 

[SNGX1275]

Buy a PCI IDE controller card.

They are cheap, and will bypass your motherboards BIOS (because it has its own, sort of), so you won't have the 32 gig limitation.

 

[dmill89]

you could get an IDE controler but you should try going to your motherboard manufacture's web site and downloadeing the latest bios updates first.

 

[Samstoned]

motherboard may not bootable to pci
why set hdd limit if bios issue upgrade bios
or buy 2- 20gb drives and sell the 40