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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: UD5I7950 on January 24, 2011, 03:09:28 pm

Title: ga-ex58-ud5 hard drive max. with latest bios
Post by: UD5I7950 on January 24, 2011, 03:09:28 pm

hi,

sorry if this was already posted and answered.  i read the manual for my mobo and just wanted to confirm before buying another sata hard drive.  i have a ga-ex58-ud5 ( not " A " ) with the latest bios updated by gigabyte.us and i was wondering with the latest bios can i only read 1.5tb or can i read 2 tb drive?

thanks

Title: Re: ga-ex58-ud5 hard drive max. with latest bios
Post by: Dark Mantis on January 24, 2011, 05:12:00 pm

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

You should be safe enough with a 2 GB drive as this is the top limit for BIOS. Any bigger than that and you have to be looking at UEFI.

Title: Re: ga-ex58-ud5 hard drive max. with latest bios
Post by: UD5I7950 on January 25, 2011, 02:41:19 pm

thanks for your input

Title: Re: ga-ex58-ud5 hard drive max. with latest bios
Post by: Dark Mantis on January 25, 2011, 07:06:53 pm

As it so happens today Gigabyte have just released a UEFI/BIOS  for al the new motherboards on the productiion line and they will be available for updating recent motherboards too like the X58 so you will be able to access zettabytes.