What is the technical explanation to limit size of sdd to connect? - eviltoast

I’m checking this mini pc https://www.acemagic.com/products/acemagic-ad08-intel-core-i9-11900h-mini-pc

It says the M2 and SATA ports are limited to 2TB, but I can’t imagine why that’s the case.
Could there be a limit on the motherboard? On the CPU?
If most likely this is done in software (windows) probably it won’t matter since I’m planning to switch to linux.

What I want to avoid is buying it and being unable to use an 8TB drive.

  • catloaf@lemm.ee
    13·
    6 months ago

    It would probably be the storage controller chipset.

    But given the number of errors I see just skimming that page, I wouldn’t trust any of those specs.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    7·
    6 months ago

    Some potential things:

    • Holdover from 32bit era computing (some info on that on Windows)
    • The disk is formatted to FAT32, max supported size is 2TB
    • The storage controller can only recognize disks up to a certain size
    • The manufacturer offers a variety of SKUs, the highest storage they have on offer is 2TB
    • filler text or just copied from somewhere
  • Sarsoar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    6 months ago

    Those come with malware so be careful. Even if you reinstall a fresh os you have no idea what the firmware is doing.