Gateway SX2801-01e doesn't recognized 4TB hard drive. Only sees 1.67TB
Bios is P01-B2 (3/24/2010). PC is Gateway SX2801-01e Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.
I tried installing a 4TB drive but it won't recognize more than 2TB. Is there a bios upgrade I can do to allow larger hard drives?
I found this https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2581408
But I believe it should be already using GPT partitioning.
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chipset limitation, so you can't do pretty much.
https://panam.gateway.com/s/desktop/2010/gateway/sx/sx2801/SX2801sp2.shtml#sup_6
Hard Drive1 Serial ATA hard disk up to 2 TB6 I'm not an Acer employee.0
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if you check, probably is NTFS formatted.
use windows disk management to check it, delete the 2 TB partition and format it selecting GPT.
by the way the total recognised storage, depends on mainboard chipset too.
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You have to partition it before you can format it and it only sees 1.67TB available to partition
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chipset limitation, so you can't do pretty much.
https://panam.gateway.com/s/desktop/2010/gateway/sx/sx2801/SX2801sp2.shtml#sup_6
Hard Drive1 Serial ATA hard disk up to 2 TB6 I'm not an Acer employee.0 -
It's not resolved. I ended up taking it back and exchanging for a 2TB. I would really like a 4TB but I guess it's not possible with this machine.
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Thanks for the link. I was looking for specs but couldn't find them.
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You welcome.I'm not an Acer employee.0
