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SATA Help Needed
Harry Potter:
You may also want to play around with the jumper settings.
Here's a document for the WD drives:
http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2579-001037.pdf
Harry Potter:
Bummer dude:
http://www.soyousa.com/kb/kbdesc.php?id=69
JeepMonkey:
:hissy:
Thanks for the link Harry. If my MB has a max capacity of 250GB, would it recognize the 500 GB drive, but only be able to use 250GB? Or would it not register because it is too big?
Also, I remember the box saying it is a SATA 300. Is SATA 300 any different from SATA of say two years ago?
Harry Potter:
I think you're out of luck on this one.
On old 80GB EIDE drives, you used to have the option through jumper settings to force the drive into a 32GB mode thereby allowing it to be used on ghetto PCs.
From what I've seen of the jumper settings on SATA drives, they take that option away.
Look on the bright side though. New motherboard! :cheers:
Or maybe not. :(
Thenasty:
I think I will hit this on the SPOT.
Your MOBO only support SATA 150 and your DRIVE is set to 300 and that is the reason it won't recognice it. You need to set a JUMPER on the DRIVE to be 150. :cheers:
Also make sure you plug the SATA cable on the FIRST SATA on the MOBO. I had installed a seconds drive on my setup and plug the cable in the 3rd SATA and system did not recognise it. I had to plug it in the 2nd (1st one is my boot drive). Its not like the old IDE/EIDE that you can just connect it anywhere. :banghead:
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