[j-nsp] HDD requirements for RE-333 and RE-600

[Martin T]

Hi,

looks like this is indeed a BIOS limitation of RE-333 and RE-600.
According to http://www.drivesolutions.com/info/aboutbios.shtml
document "if your drive is greater than 33.8 Gbytes, your system BIOS
may freeze or lockup at Power On Self Test (POST)". Probably the BIOS
on RE-333 and RE-600 simply does not support drives larger than
33.8GB(http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/sizeGB315-c.html).


regards,
Martin

On 9/30/15, Martin T <m4rtntns at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/30/15, Chris Cappuccio <chris at nmedia.net> wrote:
>> Martin T [m4rtntns at gmail.com] wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> while the original HDDs are in slave mode, I did try with cable-select
>>> and in master mode as well, but the RE did not boot with the Hitachi
>>> HTS541680J9AT00 HDD. I would expect to see at least the BIOS
>>> screen(http://s8.postimg.org/vuae8mx39/RE_600_BIOS_screen.jpg), but
>>> with Hitachi drive the RE does not seem to boot at all. That's the
>>> reason why I suspected the power consumption problem. However, any
>>> other ideas?
>>>
>>
>> Lots of drives are not compatible. Try another, but make sure you are
>> only changing one thing at a time. If you are putting in an different CF
>> card at the same time, you have no idea which change is incompatible
>> (perhaps both...)
>>
>
> I see. However, do you happen to know why certain drives are not
> compatible? I would expect to see at least the BIOS
> screen(http://s8.postimg.org/vuae8mx39/RE_600_BIOS_screen.jpg), but
> with Hitachi drive the RE does not seem to pass POST and boot at all.
>
>
> thanks,
> Martin
>