BIOS 137 Gb drive size limit ?

HI
Env hw :Toshiba external drive 2Tb usb 3.0
PC1 hw :ASROCK P4VM8 firmware 1.30 (latest available)
PC1 sw :debian 9.9
PC2 hw :hp 650 notoebook
PC2 sw :win 7
PC2 sw :gparted live

I can corrrectly operate the Toshiba on hp 650 ...both with win7 and with gparted live i run backup pgms error free

PC1 can't detect the drive....
i suspect bios limit to 137Gb disk size ...
if this is the problem ..then how to bypass ?
or there is another problem ?
thanks in advance for the support
Maurizio