A computer of that "speed-vintage" "should?" be able to "see" a
hard drive using 48 bit LBA. (This is what gets you "over" about 137G...)
It "might" have to have the latest "BIOS flash" to get there though...
These flash files are VERY specific to each and every MB (and even revision),
so be careful if you need to go the "flash" route...

It would be better to _post_ the name and model of the MB to make
it a little easier (for someone?) to give a more specific answer...

                                          Rick Glazier

From: "Frederick Navarro" 
> Hello, a friend of mine gave me a Pentium 4 CPU but its hard drive is
> defective, meaning, every boot up, it takes too long for the BIOS to detect
> the drive.  So I'm planning to buy a new one, but my concern is, what will
> be the best hard drive that I'm going to buy (with regards to drive
> capacity)?  Its old drive is a 40 GB, then maybe a new 80GB will be fine.
> When I went to the computer shop they were offering 80GB, 160GB and 320GB
> which made me think again, "what if I'll buy a 160GB? or a 320GB?" but the
> staff adviced me that if my BIOS version could not support or detect a
> 160GB, then my new drive will be good for nothing.  Anybody who has a
> pentium 4 here (within the range of 1.5GHZ CPU and motherboard) which could
> safely detect the 160GB or 320GB?  Thanks for your inputs.

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