Seagate HD Question

[Fei169]

I bought a Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB model...and it supports 3.0Gbits. There is a jumper installed in the back which if taken off sets it to 3.0Gbits from 1.5Gbits. My question is: why is there a limitation placed? Is there something wrong with having the drive run at 3.0Gbits operation? And which one should I use? Which would be more stable? Thanks.

I have a ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe mobo.

 

[Skott]

I never understood why Seagate puts those jumpers on there like that. I always remove the jumper for the full 3Gbits. The little suckers arent always easy to get off either.

 

[JustaGeek]

Some motherboards do not support SATA II.

Theoretically, they should automatically limit the transfer speed to 1.5Gb/s.... but sometimes they don't, and the Hard Drive might not be recognized by the motherboard at all.

I have the ASRock 775Dual-VSTA MB that doesn't support SATA II, and just left the limiting jumper on.

It is safer to use it, if the alternative might be a lost data.

BTW, your motherboard supports 3Gb/s transfer, so (obviously) you don't need the jumper.

 

[FeuerFrei]

I have that same drive (I believe), and with my ASROCK 939 Dual motherboard I have the option of running a single drive in SATAII mode or two drives in SATA mode. Because my new Seagate is the second SATA drive in my system, I have to use the jumper to run it at 1.5Gb/s SATA. The onboard controller apparently can't handle 2 SATAII drives at once.