I just got a new HD a seagate barracuda 250gb.......

ny_driver · Jan 4, 2008

I have a sata power cable with my psu but no sata data cable. What do I need to do? Did 1 come with my Mobo maybe? or do I need to get a special cable to hook to my Mobo? :respect:

Thanks

sorry I found the sata cables in the mobo box of course!! :toast:

xfire · Jan 4, 2008

Its genrally given with the mobo.Its a thin genrally red cable.

ny_driver · Jan 4, 2008

thanks

Polaris573 · Jan 4, 2008

There is a jumper on the back of the drive. Take it off or it will limit the bandwidth to 1.5GB/s instead of 3GB/s.

ny_driver · Jan 4, 2008

I noticed that and was wondering about it, too. Thanks Polaris573 :toast:

I have a Polaris600 I'm going to go ride in a little while.

newtekie1 · Jan 4, 2008

Polaris573 said:
There is a jumper on the back of the drive. Take it off or it will limit the bandwidth to 1.5GB/s instead of 3GB/s.

It doesn't affect performance either way.

ny_driver · Jan 4, 2008

so whats it there for?

newtekie1 · Jan 4, 2008

It is there to do exactly what he says it does. With the jumper it limits the drive to SATA 1.5 Gb/s, without the jumper it runs at SATA 3.0 Gb/s. It is there to make the drive compatible with the few SATA controllers that don't like SATA 3.0 Gb/s.

However, there is no speed difference between SATA 1.5 Gb/s and SATA 3.0 Gb/s. SATA 3.0 Gb/s is just a big marketing gimmick. 7200 and 10000RPM drives simply aren't fast enough to use all the bandwidth SATA 1.5 G/bs provides, so SATA 3.0 Gb/s is useless.

Polaris573 · Jan 4, 2008

My hard drive is the seagate 250 MB. HD tach reports burst transfer rates above the bandwidth of SATA150. So while you may or may not notice any real world difference you should still remove the jumper as long as you don't face any compatibility issues.

newtekie1 · Jan 4, 2008

Burst transfer rates don't affect performance. I'm not saying to leave the jumper on, by all means take it off, I'm just trying to avoid the misconception that SATA 3.0 Gb/s gives any benefits.

ny_driver · Jan 4, 2008

How do I get this sata drive to be recognized so I can install windows on it?

Matt18 · Jan 5, 2008

I just bought the same drive. I am putting vista on it however.
I remember reading a review that you had to put a floppy disk w/ drivers for the HDD in for windows to recognize it. I would try to google it or got to seagate's website.

Snipe343 · Jan 5, 2008

ny_driver said:
How do I get this sata drive to be recognized so I can install windows on it?

Bios

ntdouglas · Jan 5, 2008

When I removed the jumpers my burst and average read went way up.
Games seemed to load quicker also.

ex_reven · Jan 5, 2008

ntdouglas said:
When I removed the jumpers my burst and average read went way up.
Games seemed to load quicker also.

Ditto, though I agree with newtekie about the massive marketing bullshit. Dunno about real world difference, but benchmarking improved.

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