As new disk drives are released with higher capacities, occasionally the capacity limits are seen. There is a capacity limit at 1.1 TB with some older SATA drivers. If the motherboard is using an NVidia chipset, then updating the drivers can resolve the issue.
Seagate now has several large drives more than 1.1 TB in size. Compatibility testing has revealed that an older NVIDIA driver for Windows Vista has a limit of 1.1 TB. NVIDIA drivers for Windows XP don't have this limit.
If you know which chipset your motherboard uses, check the list below to see if this issue applies to your motherboard. If it does, then a drivers update from NVidia should resolve the issue.
If you don’t know the model of your motherboard, you can use the tool on this NVidia page to discover if the motherboard uses an NVidia chipset, and if there is a driver update available.
Symptoms:
- When building a new Windows Vista system, you are unable to partition and format the full 1.5 TB capacity on NVIDIA chipsets. During the format, Windows Vista hangs with the message that it cannot continue the drive format.
- When adding a second drive to an existing Windows Vista system, you are unable to partition and format the full 1.5 TB capacity on NVIDIA chipsets. It may hang at a certain percentage (70% for 1.5 TB drives or around 55% for 2 TB drives) or it may only allow you to partition the drive up to 1.1 TB.
List of nForce systems that may have used the older drivers.
15.23 (NO GPU Driver included) |
15.24 (GPU Driver included) |
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nForce 790i Ultra SLI |
nForce 780a |
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nForce 790i SLI |
nForce 750a |
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nForce 780i SLI |
nForce 730a / GeForce 8200 |
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nForce 750i SLI |
nForce 720a / GeForce 8100 |
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nForce 680i SLI |
nForce 710a |
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nForce 680a SLI |
nForce 630i/GeForce 7150 |
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nForce 680i LT SLI |
nForce 630i/GeForce 7150 |
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nForce 650i SLI |
nForce 630i/GeForce 7100 |
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nForce 650i Ultra |
nForce 630a/GeForce 7050 PV |
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nForce 590 SLI Intel |
nForce 630a/GeForce 7025 |
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nForce 590 SLI AMD |
nForce 610i/GeForce 7050 |
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nForce 570 SLI Intel |
nForce 430/GeForce 6150 |
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nForce 570 SLI AMD |
nForce 430/GeForce 6150LE |
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nForce 570 Ultra AMD |
nForce 430/GeForce 6150SE |
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nForce 560 |
nForce 430/GeForce 6100 |
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nForce 550 |
nForce 420/GeForce 6100 |
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nForce 520 |
nForce 410/GeForce 6150LE |
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nForce4 SLI X16 Intel |
nForce 410/GeForce 6100 |
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nForce4 SLI X16 AMD |
nForce 405/GeForce 6100 |
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nForce4 SLI Intel |
nForce 400/GeForce 6100 |
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nForce4 SLI AMD |
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nForce4 SLI XE Intel |
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nForce4 Ultra Intel |
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nForce4 Ultra AMD |
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nForce4 AMD |
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NVIDIA has released an updated driver for Windows Vista that supports the capacity.
Version 15.23 - XP32, XP64, Vista32, Vista64 - NO Video (GPU) Driver included
Version 15.24 - XP32 , XP64, Vista32, Vista64 - Video (GPU) Driver included (GPU has the integrated graphics.)
Version 15.23 - XP32 - NO GPU Driver included
Version 15.23 - XP64 - NO GPU Driver included
Version 15.23 -Vista32 - NO GPU Driver included
Version 15.23 -Vista64 - NO GPU Driver included
(GPU has the integrated graphics.)
Version 15.24 - XP32 - GPU Driver included
Version 15.24 - XP64 - GPU Driver included
Version 15.24 -Vista32 - GPU Driver included
Version 15.24 -Vista64 - GPU Driver included
