Limit to 1.5Gb/s Operation vs. 3 Gb/s Operation at DVinfo.net

Renat Zarbailov · April 16th, 2008, 10:46 PM

I just noticed on the top of the drives that there's a jumper setting for either 1.5 or 3 Gb/s operation. The setting is the way it came, 1.5. Is there any reason why I shouldn't remove the jumper so it will operate faster? I am just about to setup RAID0 using two 500GB Barracuda 7200.11 drives (ST3500320AS). The final 1TB will be used for editing HD video. The OS I will be using is Win XP Pro SP2 X64 edition with 4GB RAM on an ASUS P5K Premium motherboard and Q6600 quad processor.
Any help is truly appreciated.

Thanks

Mark Stavar · April 17th, 2008, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Renat Zarbailov

I just noticed on the top of the drives that there's a jumper setting for either 1.5 or 3 Gb/s operation. The setting is the way it came, 1.5. Is there any reason why I shouldn't remove the jumper so it will operate faster? I am just about to setup RAID0 using two 500GB Barracuda 7200.11 drives (ST3500320AS). The final 1TB will be used for editing HD video. The OS I will be using is Win XP Pro SP2 X64 edition with 4GB RAM on an ASUS P5K Premium motherboard and Q6600 quad processor.
Any help is truly appreciated.

Thanks

That jumper setting is for use on older motherboards that only supported SATA I. The P5K will be SATA II for sure.

marks

Renat Zarbailov · April 17th, 2008, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark Stavar

That jumper setting is for use on older motherboards that only supported SATA I. The P5K will be SATA II for sure.

marks

Thanks Mark! Now the only issue is to be able to pull this jumper out. :)
Seagate made sure the jumper sits inside forever or something...

Renat Zarbailov · April 28th, 2008, 02:37 PM

I wonder if pulling this jumper out on a drive that has data on it and operated in 1.5Gb mode for couple of years will corrupt the data in it. I am hooking this drive to Asus P5K Premium motherboard which does support 3Gb SATA.
Can anyone advice anything?

Thanks so much!

Chris Soucy · April 28th, 2008, 02:58 PM

The drive will either work or it won't, pulling the jumper won't affect anything on the disc itself.

All it's changeing is the interface speed - go for it!

CS

Renat Zarbailov · April 28th, 2008, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Soucy

The drive will either work or it won't, pulling the jumper won't affect anything on the disc itself.

All it's changeing is the interface speed - go for it!

CS

Thanks Chris!
Now I have more confidence to do it... :)

April 16th, 2008, 10:46 PM	#1
Renat Zarbailov Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 125	Limit to 1.5Gb/s Operation vs. 3 Gb/s Operation I just noticed on the top of the drives that there's a jumper setting for either 1.5 or 3 Gb/s operation. The setting is the way it came, 1.5. Is there any reason why I shouldn't remove the jumper so it will operate faster? I am just about to setup RAID0 using two 500GB Barracuda 7200.11 drives (ST3500320AS). The final 1TB will be used for editing HD video. The OS I will be using is Win XP Pro SP2 X64 edition with 4GB RAM on an ASUS P5K Premium motherboard and Q6600 quad processor. Any help is truly appreciated. Thanks __________________ Sincerely, Renat Zarbailov of Innomind.org

April 28th, 2008, 02:37 PM	#4
Renat Zarbailov Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 125	I wonder if pulling this jumper out on a drive that has data on it and operated in 1.5Gb mode for couple of years will corrupt the data in it. I am hooking this drive to Asus P5K Premium motherboard which does support 3Gb SATA. Can anyone advice anything? Thanks so much! __________________ Sincerely, Renat Zarbailov of Innomind.org

April 28th, 2008, 02:58 PM	#5
Chris Soucy Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairfield, Dunedin, New Zealand Posts: 3,691 Images: 18	Hi Renat.............. The drive will either work or it won't, pulling the jumper won't affect anything on the disc itself. All it's changeing is the interface speed - go for it! CS