Maximum HD size on this BIOS revision?

Tim

I just got a Dell Latitude CPi A366XT laptop computer. The startup screen says it has the A15 BIOS version.

This computer has a 4.86 GB hard drive, and I'd like to install something bigger, like in the 10 GB to 20 GB range.

I've heard of certain BIOS levels only supporting up to a certain HD size.

How big a hard drive can the A15 version handle?

And can the maximum installed amount of memory be increased with a newer BIOS version? Currently this computer can only take 256 MB of PC100 SDRAM.

Spinner

Tim wrote:

I just got a Dell Latitude CPi A366XT laptop computer. The startup screen says it has the A15 BIOS version.

This computer has a 4.86 GB hard drive, and I'd like to install something bigger, like in the 10 GB to 20 GB range.

I've heard of certain BIOS levels only supporting up to a certain HD size.

How big a hard drive can the A15 version handle?

And can the maximum installed amount of memory be increased with a newer BIOS version? Currently this computer can only take 256 MB of PC100 SDRAM.

Sorry for the delay in replaying. I can't find any official information on this matter, but I've seen drive upgrades listed as compatible with that model as large as 40GIG, so I think you'll be fine with anything up to that.

Cheers

kiop

I'm not sure what BIOS version would be required, but I noticed that Dell carries 60 and 80GB drives for the CPi. I assume that the most recent BIOS must support it:

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A0037786&c=us&l=en&cs=04&category_id=2999&page=external
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=A0131506&Page=productlisting.aspx&spagenum=1&items_per_page=25&orderby=&sortdirection=&image_flag=True&show_summary=True&category_id=5704&brandid=&mnfsku=&SearchType=&Pageb4Search=&ModelSelection=&iCompatid=&selectiontypeids=&l=en&c=us&cs=04&SubmitSearch=&servicetag=&reset=True&k=cpi&mnf=&prst=&prEnd=&InStock=&refurbished=&fe=

I have seen documentation in a bunch of places that states that 256MB is the memory limit for the CPi. I don't have a link handy, but I don't think you'll find a BIOS update which increases this limit.

I reccomend looking at the release notes for each version of the BIOS (if they're available) to confirm this.

Jeff.