canids@gmail.com wrote:
> It is a custom built computer and has had a few things upgraded...
> The motherboard is relatively new and we still had the box, but I don't
> really know what the other individual components are.
> I know that it (or the connection... something anyway) is IDE.. not
> EIDE or ATA etc. From what I have gathered EDIE will work with IDE
> because it is essentially the same thing. Is that right?
>
> Are there any other compatibility issues I need to know about?
>
> ...and about external hard drives, I know my father would still like to
> get one. If we replace one of the hard drives within the computer and
> bring it up to its maximum capacity, will we be able to use an external
> hard drive as well? ...and will *that* be limited to 137GB too?
>

The site I mentioned earlier stated that the board has an ATA66 IDE
controller. You can use newer hard drives with an 80 wire IDE cable.
As far as external drives go I would add a USB2 controller card and
connect the drive to it. This drive will not be limited by the 137 GB
limit of the built-in controller.