if the bios update won't do it, then what?
I tried a 250GB seagate, does not work
a 500GB Western digital, does not work
60GB western digital, works
200GB limitation of old bios seems to be the popular concensus
upgrading the bios and or the raid seem to be the only solution that has worked for others, DELL also concurs that this is the only way
finding the bios update is an adventure, evidently
Dell wont give it up because I'm not the original owner of this laptop, and they'd rather treat me like a criminal than help out