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    What is the Jumper on the WD Scorpio Blue?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by meansizzler, Nov 15, 2008.

  1. meansizzler

    meansizzler Notebook Consultant

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    Got a 400GB WD Scorpio Blue I removed from a WD Passport, has a jumper on it, is it for the SATA 2 Mode?, as the 7200.2 one was? Do I need to remove it before installing it in the laptop?
     
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    If your laptop is only sata 1 then you need to jumper it to only run in sata1 mode. Else remove it for sata 2. Thats how mine have been that i have gotten. I would say leave it in as most laptops are only sata 1
     
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    You can remove it. Intel systems based on the Santa Rosa platform and further, support SATA2, but SATA1/2 don't really make a difference in performance.

    If SATA2 is not supported, the HDD will itself run in SATA1 mode, since SATA2 is backwards compatible.

    After installation, you can download Data Lifeguard Tools, which should let you know the whole jumper config thing for your HDD. (Not sure if WD4000BEVT is supported yet)
     
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    Not always true. I had a sata 1 motherboard on my desktop before and my hard drive would not function without the sata 1 jumper installed. When i got my new motherboard with sata 2 i forgot about the jumper setting and it took me a while to figure out why i was having so many hard drive problems.

    If it has no jumper it will auto select the right one, but if it has it you need to use it.
     
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    Only seen this problem on a handful of VIA and SiS controllers, whereas there is no such issue with any Intel Controller. (Dunno about ATI southbridges)
     
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    Just for the record, the jumpers don't seem to have anything to do with the data transfer speeds, as an option to enable/disable OPT1 may not be available via the jumper pins.

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    Your HDD might have RPS enabled, which is WD's optimized feature for external storage devices.
     
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