Hard Disk compatibility

[gundja]

hi
i have decided to buy a new hard drive of 40gb or 80gb but i'm not sure if it will
work on my pc . i have asked the question to a lot of technicians and some
told me that it will work n others not.
so here are the specs concerning my pc ,please can anybody have
a look at it and tell what u think :

http://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/eng/products/K7B.htm

the disk i intend to purchase has the following specs:
80gb ATA133
If my computer detects it ,will the disk responds normally or will it be slow?

thanks

[macko72]

It will be a normal I don't know way would anyone tell you diferent!!!

[regans cortina]

Either hard drive will be detected straight away , you wont have any problems.

[gundja]

here's some additional info about pc:
BIOS Date: 11/14/00
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 11/14/2000-8363-686B-6A6LMQ19C
OEM Sign-On: K7V8363 KINETIZ 7B BIOS V2.0LC Nov.14,2000
Chipset: VIA 82C305 rev 3
Superio: VIA 686 rev 64 found at port 7h
OS: WinXP
CPU: AMD Duron(TM) 800 Mhz MAX: 1400 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 192 MB
Memory Maximum: 512 MB
Memory Slot 01: 128 MB
Memory Slot 02: 64 MB
Memory Slot 03: 0 MB

can somebody confirms everything will be fine?

[macko72]

You can try and update your bios http://www.esupport.com/region.cfm?refererid=36 choose your country you will see steps on right side check for BIOS update with Bios agent.
Everything is fine even with this BIOS that you are running now!!!
This is my:
BIOS Date: 02/25/04
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 02/25/2004-KT600-8235-6A6LYG0QC
OEM Sign-On: GA-7VT600 F10
Chipset: VIA 82C3189 rev 128
Superio: ITE 8705/SiS 950 rev 3 found at port 2Eh
OS: WinXP SP2
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2171 Mhz MAX: 2800 Mhz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes
BIOS ROM Size: 256K
Memory Installed: 512 MB
Memory Maximum: 768 MB
Memory Slot 01: 512 MB
Memory Slot 02: 0 MB
Memory Slot 03: 0 MB
As you can see it's only different date so yours will be fine!!! ;)

[glc]

It should support it, it would be advisable to update your bios to the latest release.

http://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/eng/support/d_k7t.htm