Chris935 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I have a 300gb IDE hard drive that is only showing up as 128gb when I try to install OSX 10.4.10 (tubgirl AMD). I've searched around on here and saw a few topics on this but none of them had any real solutions. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Hi Chris, to eliminate duplication, what solutions have you tried that didn't work? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris935 Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 so far I've tried partitioning it into 3 smaller drives, but the installer still can't see the entire 300gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris935 Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 Finally got it working after combining a couple of techniques I found on here. Here's what I did (on a nforce570 board): from: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=39388 1) Open up the AppleVIAATA file sudo -s pico /System/Library/Extensions/AppleVIAATA.kext/Contents/Info.plist 2) add id 0x036e10de under the SATA controller section (not sure why, since it's a PATA drive but this worked) <key>VIA SATA Controller</key> <key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key> <string>0x036e10de</string> 3) Fix the permissions chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleVIAATA.kext chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleVIAATA.kext diskutil repairpermissions / rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext 4) Found this in another topic Remove the file: /System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleGenericATA.kext 5) type this in the terminal window: kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions/ Reboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalia Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I was having the same problem- 320GB drive, nForce570, 10.4.8 install 128GB max. I did all that only removed AppleGenericPCATA.kext instead. It works for me, thanks still wish I could get my SATA working though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidRain9 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Anyone able to use this fix on leopard 10.5.1? i don't see the AppleVIAATA.kext in my extensions folder. EDIT: found AppleVIAATA.kext from 10.4.8 and used the guide above but i still don't have drives over ~128Gb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omakayd Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I too had to delete AppleGenericPCATA.kext instead. This fixed not only the 128gb limit but it also sped up file transfers between the osx partition and my "shared" fat32 partition AND fixed some read/write errors between the two. the only thing that wrong is that its showing up as a SATA drive under disk utility which isn't really a problem. Thanks for this fix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arik is kira Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 hi all i have this problem too my ata 250 gb hard is recognized as 128 gb i can only see one and a half partitions from 3 i used SpeedTools™ ATA Hi-Cap Installer but it invited me to instal mac os on my 250 gb hard drive and i do not want how to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiny311 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Sorry if im a little late on the conversation. But I too was looking for a solution. Am running 10.4.11 Tiger. I had to delete ApplePCCard16ATA.kext & ApplePCCardATA.kex. Finally got my 500GB recognized. AWSOOOOOOOOOME............ off topic, work sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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