SATA Drives

justalice · Rated PG Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

Hi ... Can anyone tell me if there any truth about these drives towards the speed , I mean I heard if you have a SATA II >>> Serial ATA 300 (SATA) hard drives you need to remove the little tiny jumper to get the 300 speed , Is that true or not true ?

Thanks

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:47:41 Post Subject:

Hi justalice... welcome! Wave

Yes, some drives (like Seagate) do have jumpers for capping them at either 1.5 or 3 Gbps.

What brand do you have? Or are you looking at?

mrweasel · Posted: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:09:12 Post Subject:

yes, and having just found that jumper myself (silly me, I thought they were 3.0 by default) there is a SIGNIFICANT difference in performance

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

Really depends on the drive and manufacturer. Some are default 3.0, and jumper to 1.5. Others are 1.5 by default, and jumpered to 3.0. Just have to read the specifications to find out exactly what you need.

Brand and Model would help us determine what you need to ensure 3.0

havoc.ghost · Rated PG Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 23 Location: Behind U

nkdy · Rated PG Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Posts: 1

i have maxtor sata 80gb, so where the answer, how can i find these jumper???

come'on lol.... Bang Head

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:45:33 Post Subject:

I never saw havoc.ghost or Hellfire's post on here until nkdy posted... Oops.

This image is of a Seagate 3Gbps drive... LINK

The jumper location is to the left of the SATA data connection... 4 pins inside the 'box'. Drives generally ship with a jumper on two of the pins capping it a 1.5Gbps, removing the jumper all together enables 3Gbps speeds.

As far as I know, the Maxtor set u pis the same.