Largest hard disk on MSI KT4A Ultra (MS-6590)

MSI say the largest hard disk the KT4A Ultra (MS-6590) supports is 160GB:
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=prodfaqanswer&faq_no=912&prod_no=548&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=
Is that right?
Does it apply to SATA or just IDE?
Can a BIOS update or other patch get over that limit please?
Thanks
Toby

If you'd read my sticky topic, the answer was there all along...
> SocketA board sticky topics - please look here first <
Quote from: > General FAQs for MSI SocketA boards <
I want to fit a 250gb HDD to my system. Will it work?
Check your board's support page here. Look for the Test Report for Hard Disks. Once a board supports greater than 137gb, any size drive will work. If you see a size such as 160gb tested as OK, then you will be fine!

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Sorry for my English, but I'm Italian.

Hi
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recently purchased the KT4 ultra, no probs installing Windows XP or with the SP1.... installed Office XP Professional fine and all seemed well for over a week. then the following....
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2. USBUHCI.SYS BSOD's when installing software.
3. I/O errors when installing from cd's / copying large files.
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5. "Corrupt Media", "Corrupt Installation Files" when installing cd's.
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KT4 Ultra (MS-6590) (1.1 bios, not flashed)
Athlon XP 2200+
Coolermaster LLC-H61 Silent Heat Pipe HS/Fan
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Regards
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Hi gruberstuber,
It sounds horribly like you're IBM Deskstar may be living up to it's more threatening nickname of DeathStar. These HDDs have a pretty awful history for reliability and from the symptoms you describe, I would be feeling pretty nervous about continuing with it.
Do you have access to another known good HDD at all, preferably from Western Digital or Maxtor? If you do, it would be worth substituting your IBM for one of these and giving that a go. Might work wonders.
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At this point I ready to throw this thing away and buy another board.
jw
-MSI KT4A ULTRA 6590 vER.1
-AMI rev 3.0??
-AMD Athlon XP 2500 Barton
- 512MB
-NVidia GeForce2 400 MX
-Power Supply 500W+
-40GB (IDE1 Master) WEstern Digital 10GB WD (IDE1 Slave)
-DVD RW NEC 3520 A
-Windows XP Service Pack 2

Cleared the CMOS and made the advanced chipset configuration changes...but no improvement. I did also confirm that during boot, the drives are recognized properly.
Not an expert, but since it operates normally in Safe Mode I'm still suspicious of the IDE, graphics drivers, and/or conflicts. When I look at the device manager in XP, the graphics drivers is new as expected, yet the IDE are standard XP. Since I updated to the 4-in-1 version 4.55, I would have expected some change to the IDE driver dates, but it appears is using the standard Windows drivers...but not sure.
HERE is some more data from the 'System Information...Conflicts/Sharing' that may make sense to you (not me):
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7   PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7   Direct memory access controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF   VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF   NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
IRQ 5   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 5   VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller
IRQ 10   NETGEAR WG311v2 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter
IRQ 10   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 11   NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
IRQ 11   CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
IRQ 11   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB   VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB   NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Here the 'System Information' data:
IDE Info
Name   VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Manufacturer   VIA Technologies, Inc.
Status   OK
PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0571&SUBSYS_05711106&REV_06\3&61AAA01&0&89
I/O Port   0x0000FC00-0x0000FC0F
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\viaide.sys (1.00.01.01, 5.25 KB (5,376 bytes), 8/18/2001 5:00 AM)
Name   Primary IDE Channel
Manufacturer   (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Status   OK
PNP Device ID   PCIIDE\IDECHANNEL\4&127A70AC&0&0
I/O Port   0x000001F0-0x000001F7
I/O Port   0x000003F6-0x000003F6
IRQ Channel   IRQ 14
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\atapi.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 93.13 KB (95,360 bytes), 8/18/2001 5:00 AM)
Name   Secondary IDE Channel
Manufacturer   (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Status   OK
PNP Device ID   PCIIDE\IDECHANNEL\4&127A70AC&0&1
I/O Port   0x00000170-0x00000177
I/O Port   0x00000376-0x00000376
IRQ Channel   IRQ 15
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\atapi.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 93.13 KB (95,360 bytes), 8/18/2001 5:00 AM)
CD-ROM
Drive   E:
Description   CD-ROM Drive
Media Loaded   No
Media Type   CD-ROM
Name   _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A
Manufacturer   (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Status   OK
Transfer Rate   Not Available
SCSI Target ID   0
PNP Device ID   IDE\CDROM_NEC_DVD_RW_ND-3520A____________________1.04____\5&2DFCC752&0&0.0.0
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 48.38 KB (49,536 bytes), 8/18/2001 5:00 AM)
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Help me please whit a KT4A Ultra!! Thanks

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Hello friends, how are you?
I have a problem whit my mother board.
I bought a MSI KT4A Ultra the last week, and I bought a AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (1.8Ghz aprox)too for this mobo.
When I turn on the computer and pass the post, the post say that I have a AMD Athlon xp 1500+ (1.35Ghz aprox.), and I don't now why the post say this if I put on the mobo a Athlon xp 2200+. Plese help me to correct this problem.
Thanks.

Thanks edyros
This was the problem, I didn't change the FSB from the bios, for this the post say tha I have 1500+, but I Changed the FSB to 133 Mhz and now the post say exactly 2200+, thanks friend!!! the problem was to resolve, and the mother board work very well.
Thanks friend for the solution.
Good bye.
NOTE: Escuse me my english because I speach spanish, but I hope that you undestand me.

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Hi all!
I have a BIG problem, I have tried to look at this board, but there is many different answers out there ;(
I have KT4 Ultra with Athlon XP 2600+
I have set FSB to 166, and when I startup BIOS says Athlon XP 2600+.
But in windows system, it only says:
AMD Athlon XP2600+
2.09Ghz !!!!
768Mb RAM
Why is windows only says 2.09Ghz??
AND, I think my system is very slow. I used to have AMD 1200Mhz. And this sytem is almost like my last computer.
My System:
MSI KT4 Ultra ( MS-6590 ) with BIOS
CPU AMD Athlon XP 2600+
768MB DDR 400 RAM
GeForce 4 TI4200AGP 8x
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Originally posted by swedecom
Ok, I use these settings in my BIOS, are they right for my system??
MY SYSTEM:
MSI KT4 Ultra ( MS-6590 ) with BIOS
CPU AMD Athlon XP 2600+
768MB DDR 400 RAM
GeForce 4 TI4200AGP 8x
80 Gb Seagate 7200 Harddrive
MY SETTINGS IN BOIS:
Spread Spectrum = +- 0.25%
CPU FSB Clock = 166Mhz
CPU Ratio = Auto
CPU Vcore = (V) Auto
DDR Voltage (V) = Auto
Termination Vol (V) = Auto
AGP Voltage (V) = Auto
Hope someone can help me out

KT4 Ultra (MS-6590) Please help me!

After som reading at MSI homepage i noticed that my motherboard suppurted AMD Athlon 3000+ if i flashed the BIOS.
So i did get a brand new AMD Athlon 3000+, flashed the BIOS to ver 1.4. And I changed the Frequency/Voltage to 166, and i was up and running.....for a while. Every time a start a game like FS 2004 or are working in 3-4 different programs the computer like DW, PS and Illustratoer:
1. close down one or two programs, or shuts down the game, without any warning.
2. reboot the computer without any warning.
But if i change the Frequency/Voltage to 133 the system get's stabil.
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Question
What is the highest CPU that KT4 Ultra (MS-6590) can support?
Answer
It can support up to Duron 1.3GHz & XP3000+ CPU
Refer to http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support_detail.php?UID=356&NAME=MS-6590
Question
Why KT4 Ultra (MS-6590) cannot detect my AMD XP 3000+ (FSB 333) CPU properly?
Answer
FSB clock by default is 100, make sure that BIOS setup-->Frequency/Voltage Control-->CPU FSB clock set as 166
What can i do with this problem?
Computer specs:
Motherboard: MSI KT4 Ultra (MS-6590) Bios ver. 1.4
Motherboard Chipset: VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400
System Memory: 1024 MB (PC 2700 DDR SDRAM)
VGA Card: GeForce FX 5900 Ultra (256 MB)
Sound Card: Creative SB Live! Player 1024
Power supply: BeQuiet Silent 450 W
Disk drive 1: Western Digital 70 GB
Disk drive 2: IBM 60GB

Effect: +3,3V: +5V: +12V: -5V: -12V: +5Vsb:
BQT P4 400W - SW1.3, ATX 450 Watt 28A 45A 22A 1.0A 0.8A 2.5A
PS
I had the same problem with a old Aopen PSU with 230W, this problem i have is one of the reason that i have a brand new PSU as well.

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Why??? ?(
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ManLi ATI Radeon 8500 128MB
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Hi and
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ps. this thread is duplicated, please admin delete the one in spanish i wrote

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ps. this thread is duplicated, please admin delete the one in spanish i wrote
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Hi, i would like to know if the msi gt70-20c 252 has the raid msata card alrady installed in, or only a sata 2 port, or nothing at all.
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