Bad HDD or other problem

[Dudebrah]

I recently purchased a WD 320gb SATA drive and every time I format my comp freezes at the windows loading screen right after it copies all the windows files and reboots. I guess I should also mention that in the BIOS it does recognize the drive as being 136gb but in the windows setup its 305gb(which i figured to be just about right). My MOBO is a Giga-Byte GA-8IKXW with a 3ghz Intel CPU and i have 2 pairs of Corsair TwinX ram(2x512) so 2gigs of ram total. Also the Windows CD I'm formatting with has SP2 on it.
I'm thinking I might need to update the BIOS but its being rather troublesome. I'm not exactly sure how to do it since ive only really done it once. Anyways any help you guys can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[gerbiaNem]

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1066642

I think they have the same problem.

 

[Dudebrah]

while he does have a similar problem his thread doesnt supply any answers

 

[drizzt81]

in the BIOS it does recognize the drive as being 136gb

a Bios update may fix that for you and fix your problem too.

 

[Dudebrah]

I just updated the bios to the newest version from which I was told would fix the problem by an AwardBios Tech. But it still recognizes the drive as a 136gb and freezes at the windows screen after a fresh format. I think I'm gonna end up sending this one back.