Why does a SATA hard drive have jumpers?
Back in the days of PATA hard drives, a person used jumpers on the drive to indicate whether the drive was the master or the slave of the channel, or to let the cable select which drive was which.
SATA drives are one-per-channel, one-per-cable, etc.
What are the jumpers for on SATA hard drives?
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Back in the days of PATA hard drives, a person used jumpers on the drive to indicate whether the drive was the master or the slave of the channel, or to let the cable select which drive was which.
SATA drives are one-per-channel, one-per-cable, etc.
What are the jumpers for on SATA hard drives?
hard-drive sata jumper
asked Oct 16 '09 at 17:29
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Back in the days of PATA hard drives, a person used jumpers on the drive to indicate whether the drive was the master or the slave of the channel, or to let the cable select which drive was which.
SATA drives are one-per-channel, one-per-cable, etc.
What are the jumpers for on SATA hard drives?
hard-drive sata jumper
asked Oct 16 '09 at 17:29
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Back in the days of PATA hard drives, a person used jumpers on the drive to indicate whether the drive was the master or the slave of the channel, or to let the cable select which drive was which.
SATA drives are one-per-channel, one-per-cable, etc.
What are the jumpers for on SATA hard drives?
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Some SATA drivers have jumpers for extra features, or for troubleshooting.
Example from the manual of a Western Digital SATA disk:
Set the Jumpers
The default setting for WD SATA hard
drives varies depending on the model.
To determine the default setting for
your drive, look at the drive label on
the top of the drive.
DO NOT change
the default setting if you intend to
use the drive in a desktop computer.
Change the jumper settings ONLY if you
intend to use the drive in an
enterprise storage environment. For
more information on these advanced
settings, obtain the full version WD
SATA Installation Guide at
support.wdc.com.
SSC_DIS Mode
(Default) — Enable or disable the
spread spectrum clocking feature.
Default setting is disabled.
OPT1 — Only for factory use.
OPT2 — Only for
factory use.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:37
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On SATA-II drives, a jumper is sometimes used to set the drive into SATA-I mode for compatibility with older controllers.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:33
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Some SATA drives have jumpers to enable/disable 3Gb/s functionality or other backwards compatibility items.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
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See for example this.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
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On a Seagate ST3500320AS, there are four pins in the jumper block. You put a jumper between two of them to limit the drive to 1.5Gb/s instead of 3Gb/s, as explained in the manual. But what are the other two?
As shown on this page, the other two pins (plus the nearest of the pair of pins used to limit the drive speed, which is a ground) make a serial port, which talks directly to the drive firmware!
answered Aug 16 '11 at 11:07
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Some SATA drivers have jumpers for extra features, or for troubleshooting.
Example from the manual of a Western Digital SATA disk:
Set the Jumpers
The default setting for WD SATA hard
drives varies depending on the model.
To determine the default setting for
your drive, look at the drive label on
the top of the drive.
DO NOT change
the default setting if you intend to
use the drive in a desktop computer.
Change the jumper settings ONLY if you
intend to use the drive in an
enterprise storage environment. For
more information on these advanced
settings, obtain the full version WD
SATA Installation Guide at
support.wdc.com.
SSC_DIS Mode
(Default) — Enable or disable the
spread spectrum clocking feature.
Default setting is disabled.
OPT1 — Only for factory use.
OPT2 — Only for
factory use.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:37
Snark
28.9k67689
add a comment |
Some SATA drivers have jumpers for extra features, or for troubleshooting.
Example from the manual of a Western Digital SATA disk:
Set the Jumpers
The default setting for WD SATA hard
drives varies depending on the model.
To determine the default setting for
your drive, look at the drive label on
the top of the drive.
DO NOT change
the default setting if you intend to
use the drive in a desktop computer.
Change the jumper settings ONLY if you
intend to use the drive in an
enterprise storage environment. For
more information on these advanced
settings, obtain the full version WD
SATA Installation Guide at
support.wdc.com.
SSC_DIS Mode
(Default) — Enable or disable the
spread spectrum clocking feature.
Default setting is disabled.
OPT1 — Only for factory use.
OPT2 — Only for
factory use.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:37
Snark
28.9k67689
add a comment |
Some SATA drivers have jumpers for extra features, or for troubleshooting.
Example from the manual of a Western Digital SATA disk:
Set the Jumpers
The default setting for WD SATA hard
drives varies depending on the model.
To determine the default setting for
your drive, look at the drive label on
the top of the drive.
DO NOT change
the default setting if you intend to
use the drive in a desktop computer.
Change the jumper settings ONLY if you
intend to use the drive in an
enterprise storage environment. For
more information on these advanced
settings, obtain the full version WD
SATA Installation Guide at
support.wdc.com.
SSC_DIS Mode
(Default) — Enable or disable the
spread spectrum clocking feature.
Default setting is disabled.
OPT1 — Only for factory use.
OPT2 — Only for
factory use.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:37
Snark
28.9k67689
Some SATA drivers have jumpers for extra features, or for troubleshooting.
Example from the manual of a Western Digital SATA disk:
Set the Jumpers
The default setting for WD SATA hard
drives varies depending on the model.
To determine the default setting for
your drive, look at the drive label on
the top of the drive.
DO NOT change
the default setting if you intend to
use the drive in a desktop computer.
Change the jumper settings ONLY if you
intend to use the drive in an
enterprise storage environment. For
more information on these advanced
settings, obtain the full version WD
SATA Installation Guide at
support.wdc.com.
SSC_DIS Mode
(Default) — Enable or disable the
spread spectrum clocking feature.
Default setting is disabled.
OPT1 — Only for factory use.
OPT2 — Only for
factory use.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:37
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On SATA-II drives, a jumper is sometimes used to set the drive into SATA-I mode for compatibility with older controllers.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:33
quack quixote
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add a comment |
On SATA-II drives, a jumper is sometimes used to set the drive into SATA-I mode for compatibility with older controllers.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:33
quack quixote
35k1086119
add a comment |
On SATA-II drives, a jumper is sometimes used to set the drive into SATA-I mode for compatibility with older controllers.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:33
quack quixote
35k1086119
On SATA-II drives, a jumper is sometimes used to set the drive into SATA-I mode for compatibility with older controllers.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:33
quack quixote
35k1086119
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:33
quack quixote
35k1086119
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:33
quack quixote
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answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:33
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35k1086119
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Some SATA drives have jumpers to enable/disable 3Gb/s functionality or other backwards compatibility items.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
dlux
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add a comment |
Some SATA drives have jumpers to enable/disable 3Gb/s functionality or other backwards compatibility items.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
dlux
3,05872630
add a comment |
Some SATA drives have jumpers to enable/disable 3Gb/s functionality or other backwards compatibility items.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
dlux
3,05872630
Some SATA drives have jumpers to enable/disable 3Gb/s functionality or other backwards compatibility items.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
dlux
3,05872630
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
dlux
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answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
dlux
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See for example this.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
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See for example this.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
sYnfo
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See for example this.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
sYnfo
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See for example this.
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
sYnfo
1,84211113
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
sYnfo
1,84211113
answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
sYnfo
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answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:35
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On a Seagate ST3500320AS, there are four pins in the jumper block. You put a jumper between two of them to limit the drive to 1.5Gb/s instead of 3Gb/s, as explained in the manual. But what are the other two?
As shown on this page, the other two pins (plus the nearest of the pair of pins used to limit the drive speed, which is a ground) make a serial port, which talks directly to the drive firmware!
answered Aug 16 '11 at 11:07
CesarB
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add a comment |
On a Seagate ST3500320AS, there are four pins in the jumper block. You put a jumper between two of them to limit the drive to 1.5Gb/s instead of 3Gb/s, as explained in the manual. But what are the other two?
As shown on this page, the other two pins (plus the nearest of the pair of pins used to limit the drive speed, which is a ground) make a serial port, which talks directly to the drive firmware!
answered Aug 16 '11 at 11:07
CesarB
3,94512222
add a comment |
On a Seagate ST3500320AS, there are four pins in the jumper block. You put a jumper between two of them to limit the drive to 1.5Gb/s instead of 3Gb/s, as explained in the manual. But what are the other two?
As shown on this page, the other two pins (plus the nearest of the pair of pins used to limit the drive speed, which is a ground) make a serial port, which talks directly to the drive firmware!
answered Aug 16 '11 at 11:07
CesarB
3,94512222
On a Seagate ST3500320AS, there are four pins in the jumper block. You put a jumper between two of them to limit the drive to 1.5Gb/s instead of 3Gb/s, as explained in the manual. But what are the other two?
As shown on this page, the other two pins (plus the nearest of the pair of pins used to limit the drive speed, which is a ground) make a serial port, which talks directly to the drive firmware!
answered Aug 16 '11 at 11:07
CesarB
3,94512222
answered Aug 16 '11 at 11:07
CesarB
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answered Aug 16 '11 at 11:07
CesarB
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answered Aug 16 '11 at 11:07
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