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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: Kamakzie on March 21, 2013, 04:45:08 am

Title: Will a EP45-UD3R recognize a 4TB HD?
Post by: Kamakzie on March 21, 2013, 04:45:08 am

I was wondering if my EP45-UD3R motherboard would recognize a 4TB hard drive?  I would use it as a storage drive for Windows 7 and 8.  I am concerned a mobo that old might have an issue reading a drive that big?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Will a EP45-UD3R recognize a 4TB HD?
Post by: dmdilks on March 21, 2013, 02:00:02 pm

It is more in the OS that you are using than today's MB. If you were running XP yes you might have a problem.

4Tb boy I remember when I got my first HD a 40mb and I thought I was in heaven. But you should be fine.

Title: Re: Will a EP45-UD3R recognize a 4TB HD?
Post by: Kamakzie on March 21, 2013, 10:45:10 pm

That makes sense.  So as long as the BIOS sees the drive then Windows 7 or 8 should be fine and get the whole 3.6 TB after format.

Title: Re: Will a EP45-UD3R recognize a 4TB HD?
Post by: dmdilks on March 21, 2013, 11:09:09 pm

That is about right. If you were dealing like the old days with IDE the old 66/100/133/166 drive that would something different.