K7N2 IDE Drives and the 137G limit

There doesn't appear to be a specific set of IDE drivers for the K7N2 with respect to the regular IDE controller. I hooked a 200G Maxtor up to the regular IDE controller, expecting to use the full 200G under Windows 2000, but alas, it came up with the infamous 137G limit! I moved the drive to onboard Promise controller(IDE3) and got the full 200G but it has it's own drivers. The driver update pack from MSI lists a separate driver for IDE, but I have yet to find it, and would it handle drives over 137G anyhow? I read somewhere on the forum that the max limit was 160G. I would be quick to point out that drives larger than a 137G are becoming common and CHEAP! I got my 200G drive for US$140!

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