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Well, in external cases, I think the bridge chip needs to support the large drive. That doesn't seem to be the problem here though, unless the original drive worked only because it had a special driver like the Intech Hi-cap support.<div><br><div><div>On Dec 20, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">What system are you using? My stale memory says that some drive limitations were based on the controller and sytem version.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You using a frankenmac g3 or something? Of course having the drives in an external case blows that idea out of the water probably.</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"></font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">On Dec 19, 2007, at 9:42 PM, "K. Jerry Smith" <<a href="mailto:explorerguy@mac.com">explorerguy@mac.com</a>> wrote:</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br></p> <blockquote type="cite"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Hi, all.</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I've purchased a WD 320GB hard drive that I want to install into a Maxtor One Touch external case. The original Maxtor drive was 200GB, so I assumed I wouldn't hit the limitations that affected earlier drives. However, the case is only recognizing 128GB. I've fiddled with jumpers, etc., but it's a no-go.</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Ideas, anyone?</font></p> </blockquote></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>