Asus Releases Proprietary Solution To Help Owners Overcome Large HDD Limit

[FiXT]

With Western Digital releasing the first internal 3TB drive, and Seagate with a drive in the works (though public release still a ways away), consumers interested in these 'megadrives' are being forced to pony up the extra cash to purchase a third party solution to overcome the 2.19TB drive limitation of the modern system. Not for ASUS motherboar... [ Read full article ]

[_dangtx_]

"and works with 35 different Asus motherboard chipsets."

does that mean the the the mobo my old old grandfather god bless his soul used will be on the list as well?

kinda cool, if it works as advised.

[FiXT]

Originally Posted by _dangtx_

"and works with 35 different Asus motherboard chipsets."

does that mean the the the mobo my old old grandfather god bless his soul used will be on the list as well?

kinda cool, if it works as advised.

see product page for details

[MacJunky]

Can we get a version of that article, but with less PRBS fluff and more useful information?
Like, in what manner did they work around the limitation?(kernel extension/driver, bios patch, etc)
What happens when you take a drive that you used this on and stick it into another system with and without whatever this software is?
What happens when you plug a drive you used this on into a controller card/mobo that does not need it?
Does this method work with old/current chipsets in USB/Firewire enclosures? (ASUS will no doubt limit it's abilities to their boards only, but other companies might release similar software)
etc

*Edit
ok, looking closer at the screenshot it looks like they might be partitioning the drive or something (reminds me of the old LBA48 issue :P) so chances are it would work fine with older controllers but you only see the partition covering the first normally usable portion of the drive.
I still want more real information though. -_-

[FiXT]

The only information that is available will be contained in the User Manual: https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=h...User_Guide.pdf

To best honest, I am really just learning all the ins and outs of this stuff myself so I figure it better not to interject any technical jargon into the PR.

edit: still learning reading / can't comment yet

[martin_metal_88]

Just a quick question. When you buy a 3TB from WD, it come with everything needed to use it all no?( I don't know that's why I ask ) But well, when every one else will have COPYPASTAED asus on this one, wd will be able to drop the way they go and maybe save a bit on it.

[FiXT]

Yes, the WD comes with an HBA add-in card, but street price of their 3TB is $239 USD, primarily due to the extra card.

If companies release bare 3TB, the prices SHOULD be much better, given that 2TB these days are only around $90ea.

[martin_metal_88]

Originally Posted by FiXT

Yes, the WD comes with an HBA add-in card, but street price of their 3TB is $239 USD, primarily due to the extra card.

If companies release bare 3TB, the prices SHOULD be much better, given that 2TB these days are only around $90ea.

Thx FiXT that was right what I was hopping to read! So, this asus trick is a good news both for Asus and WD. I already wrote this but...this year is truly interesting for computer lover

[Zillerz]

any hack to make it available for any motherboard?

Not like I need it but im pretty sure hackers will find a way to make it for every motherboard ones or just other companies start making replicas

[sswilson]

Heh... great to see it out there for folks who want/need it, but it certainly does bring back memories of being unable to get the old seagate software (was it easystore??? Drivespace??? something like that) off of my hard drive once I wanted to use it on a motherboard that recognised the larger drives......... ;)