Sata Hdd problem

[imagn]

Ok so i have an older system,

my motherboard is:Aopen AX4R Plus, and must be rather old cause i cant find any documentation on aopens website but found this http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/vie...id=665&pg=

Well my problem is i just bought a 750gb sata drive and it gets detected when going through the initial sys check on boot up but it hands at trying to identify the size of the drive, and will not boot to windows or from CD rom as it doesnt get that far in start up. Is this a problem with the motherboard not being able to handle large sata drives, i have a 320gb sata that is working fine. Could it be a HDD issue?

I have tried the HDD in my other comp as well and is also rather old and it did the same things so i am not sure if it is the HDD or the motherboards which can not handle the size issue

Thanks for any advise

[gEd]

If it is hanging, it may be because it is a sata 3.0 device and your sata controller is having trouble speaking to it.

e.g. for samsumg disks
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/h...msg_id=126

[imagn]

I not sure what the problem is but i have confirmed it is the older motherboards, i guessing they cant handle sata II drives of large sizes, as i got a USB enclosure and all works fine, atleast i can use the HDD for now.