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Fujitsu Amilo M3438G problem with HD 320Gb?

Postby julms » Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:52 pm

I installed the hard drive, but only detects 130Gb.Ni ubuntu or windows or in the bios.

Any idea?

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Re: Fujitsu Amilo M3438G problem with HD 320Gb?

Postby hikaru » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:56 am

There is a limit in addressing at 128GB, pretty much like it was at 32GB in earlier times.
If you don't have the latest bios maybe an update will help, but I don't think so since the changelog doesn't mention any added support for bigger HDDs.

Most likely you will not be able to use more than 128GB with this notebook.
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Re: Fujitsu Amilo M3438G problem with HD 320Gb?  Topic is solved

Postby evilb » Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:28 am

I have installed a western digital 250gb drive into my m3438g without any problems, using the latest official bios from the fujitsu website, which is 1.10c. I'm sure I could have put a 320g in there as well. My money is on a bios upgrade here.
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Re: Fujitsu Amilo M3438G problem with HD 320Gb?

Postby hikaru » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:18 am

If 250GB work, 320GB will work too.
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Re: Fujitsu Amilo M3438G problem with HD 320Gb?

Postby samuidream » Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:39 am

hikaru wrote:If 250GB work, 320GB will work too.


i make the new bios uodate but the 320 GB will not work in my notebook , when i conect with usb no problem the hd is workking , i try to borow a 250 gb to find out what the problem is .

Notebook is M3438G Hd inside 80 GB an the 320 is WD 3200BEVT.
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Re: Fujitsu Amilo M3438G problem with HD 320Gb?

Postby agastgif » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:33 am

I'm planning to upgrade the HDD on my M3438G to 320 GB/7200 RPM. I have a Hitatchi drive that I want to use but It won't boot.
Has anybody succedded in upgrading to HDD larger than 250 GB?

I have not yet updraded the BIOS.
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Re: Fujitsu Amilo M3438G problem with HD 320Gb?

Postby Gizmo » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:17 pm

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