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Aptiva - Maximum hard drive size matrix

Applicable to: World-Wide

This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of specific drive manufacturers and models, but rather a general listing of the maximum drive size supported by the system assuming the drive meets the required geometry specifications.
In all cases below the customer should be at the latest BIOS level when applicable.

Program - Planar	BIOS Level	Geometry Used	Hard Drive Max
2144/2168 SL-C (Cirrus 5430 video)		CHS	4 GB
2144/2168 SL-C (Cirrus 5426/5428 video)		CHS	4 GB
2144 SL-D		CHS	4 GB
2144/2168 SL-H (Trident video)	BGO__0K	CHS	> 4 GB BIOS Support added
2144/2168 SL-H (Cirrus Video)	BO2__0V	CHS	> 4 GB BIOS Support added
2144/2168 SL-I (Trident video)	BG2__0K	CHS	> 4 GB BIOS Support added
2144/2168 SL-I (Cirrus video)	BO3__0G	CHS	> 4 GB BIOS Support added

Please note: The planars in the table above use CHS drive geometry and should support any HD up to 4 gigabytes. However, these boards will support drives from 4-8 gigabytes assuming the drive has only 15 heads. Note, the FAT 16 two gigabyte partition limitation still applies in all cases.

Program - Planar	BIOS Level	Geometry Used	Hard Drive Max
2159	BST_4G	LBA	8 GB
2134/2176 (ATI video)	BST_4G	LBA	8 GB
2134/2176 (SIS Video)	BFL_4L	LBA	8 GB
2162	BVA_4I	LBA	8 GB
2161	BVA_4I	LBA	8 GB

Please note: The above planars support LBA drive geometry and with the latest BIOS should support DASD up to 8 gigabytes However in order to have Rapid Resume function properly the primary drive on the system must have only 15 heads as the Rapid Resume code is limited to CHS drive geometry for drives between 4GB and 8GB. Note, the FAT 16 two gigabyte partition limitation still applies in all cases.

Program - Planar	BIOS Level	Geometry Used	Hard Drive Max
2140/2142 (Trident video)	BSW_4F	LBA	> 8 GB
2140/2142 (ATI video)	BLX_4L	LBA	> 8 GB

Please note: The above planars support LBA drive geometry and with the latest BIOS should support DASD greater than 8 gigabytes. Note: these systems use Microsoft OnNow and not Rapid Resume. Note, the FAT 16 two gigabyte partition limitation still applies in all cases.

	Search Keywords	Hard Disk, Hard Drive, Fixed Disk
	Hint Category	Hard Drives, Hardware Installation/Configuration
	Date Created	18-05-98
	Last Updated	09-12-98
	Revision Date	07-12-99
	Brand	IBM Aptiva
	Product Family	Aptiva
	Machine Type	2134, 2140, 2142, 2144, 2159, 2161, 2162, 2168, 2176
	Model	All
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