On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 15:49 +1030, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> Other than some drives come jumpered to run at half that speed, so > >> they're compatible with older SATA hosts. > > Ric Moore: > > Where or what do you look for check to see just what is jumpered? > > The drive... ;-) I shoulda expected that one! ;) > For a SATA drive, that'd probably be the only jumper > available on it, and if the drive's label doesn't explain, you'd have to > go to the manufacturer's website. > > My drive has one of those jumpers, and the top-of-the-drive label > explains it. Just for ducks, why would they set the drive to half speed? Think it might have failed some reliability test at the factory?? Am I about to bork my drive if I find it set to half-speed and return it to full? I know that any answer would be pure speculation, but I want to make a reasonable decision. <maybe someone should just kill me now to end the possible forthcoming pain!> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
