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    P-172X FX Hard Drive Jumpers

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by BlackSheep5, Mar 1, 2009.

  1. BlackSheep5

    BlackSheep5 Notebook Consultant

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    I upgraded the drives in the computer listed in my sig. It was originally setup from the factory with 2 drives but not in RAID, both of the stock drives have jumper installed on the the right 2 pins (of the 4 pin set) as you look at the end of the drive.

    Do I need to put these jumpers on my new drives?
     
    BlackSheep5, Mar 1, 2009
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    Look up the drives online and see what the jumpers are for. They're probably for limiting the drives to 1.5 GBPS
     
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    According to Seagate that is what it is for, but why would they do that?
     
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    probably because the motherboard can only support 1.5gbps and without the jumpers the harddrives simply would not work.

     
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    I took them off and it is working.
    What would be the affects of the controller not working with the jumpers missing ?

    Machine will not boot? or Slow driver performance? Something else?
     
    BlackSheep5, Mar 2, 2009
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    I don't know. But I am just posting that paragraph from wikipedia. I have no clue but if it came like that then maybe the motherboard doesn't support ATA-300 and it will cause performance issues. If I were you I would look up your laptop.
     
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    Has any Gateway guys noticed jumpers on their HDD?
     
    BlackSheep5, Mar 3, 2009
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    They may not work with older systems without the jumpers.

    However, I have never had a system deny a hard drive because the jumper wasn't there to limit it to 1.5 gbps. I'm sure they're out there though.

    I seriously doubt there will be any difference, you can't transfer things at 1.5 GBPS with that HDD anyways.

    You removed the jumper, it still works, the end. :)
     
    AGlobalThreatsK, Mar 5, 2009
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