Will this drive work

Hi, I bought a hitachi 320 gb 3.0. It has no jumper that I can see. I assume
it won't work without the 1.5 jumper setting or is there a way?
thanks
req
p4p800

some drives will do it automatically, try it an see.
"reqluq" wrote in message
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Hi, I bought a hitachi 320 gb 3.0. It has no jumper that I can see. I
assume it won't work without the 1.5 jumper setting or is there a way?
thanks
req
p4p800

Will do...I just came across these links, will read up on them:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/...wnload.htm#FeatureTool
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/...ool_User_Guide_203.pdf
req
"BigJim" wrote in message
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some drives will do it automatically, try it an see.
"reqluq" wrote in message
..\0\0\0 Hi, I bought a hitachi 320 gb 3.0. It has no jumper that I can see. I
assume it won't work without the 1.5 jumper setting or is there a way?
thanks
req
p4p800

Well the links don't work for me.. I read that asus would have the software
to read this..will keep looking
req
"reqluq" wrote in message
m...
Will do...I just came across these links, will read up on them:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/...wnload.htm#FeatureTool
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/...ool_User_Guide_203.pdf
req
"BigJim" wrote in message
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some drives will do it automatically, try it an see.
"reqluq" wrote in message
.. Hi, I bought a
hitachi 320 gb 3.0. It has no jumper that I can see. I
assume it won't work without the 1.5 jumper setting or is there a way?
thanks
req
p4p800

reqluq wrote:
Well the links don't work for me.. I read that asus would have the software
to read this..will keep looking
req

The chipsets that may require setting the jumper, may be ones like
VIA chipsets. Since you have a P4P800, and it has 1.5Gbit/sec ports
on the Intel chip, then the drive and the board should negotiate
the rate. Where it tends not to work, is with some VIA chipsets.
In those cases, installing the "force 150" jumper on the drive,
can help.

PDF page 11 here, has some info. It mentions VIA chipsets as the
ones that can benefit from setting the jumper on the drive. Search
for VT8237 if you cannot find the page.

http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/m...n_guide_en.pdf

Like BigJim says, plug it and try. Look in Disk Management, and
see if a new blank drive has appeared.

Paul

Hi there is no jumper on this drive.
req
"Paul" wrote in message ...
reqluq wrote:
Well the links don't work for me.. I read that asus would have the
software to read this..will keep looking
req

The chipsets that may require setting the jumper, may be ones like
VIA chipsets. Since you have a P4P800, and it has 1.5Gbit/sec ports
on the Intel chip, then the drive and the board should negotiate
the rate. Where it tends not to work, is with some VIA chipsets.
In those cases, installing the "force 150" jumper on the drive,
can help.

PDF page 11 here, has some info. It mentions VIA chipsets as the
ones that can benefit from setting the jumper on the drive. Search
for VT8237 if you cannot find the page.

http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/m...n_guide_en.pdf

Like BigJim says, plug it and try. Look in Disk Management, and
see if a new blank drive has appeared.

Paul

Oh, and the bios does not see the drive
req
"Paul" wrote in message ...
reqluq wrote:
Well the links don't work for me.. I read that asus would have the
software to read this..will keep looking
req

The chipsets that may require setting the jumper, may be ones like
VIA chipsets. Since you have a P4P800, and it has 1.5Gbit/sec ports
on the Intel chip, then the drive and the board should negotiate
the rate. Where it tends not to work, is with some VIA chipsets.
In those cases, installing the "force 150" jumper on the drive,
can help.

PDF page 11 here, has some info. It mentions VIA chipsets as the
ones that can benefit from setting the jumper on the drive. Search
for VT8237 if you cannot find the page.

http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/m...n_guide_en.pdf

Like BigJim says, plug it and try. Look in Disk Management, and
see if a new blank drive has appeared.

Paul

reqluq wrote:
Oh, and the bios does not see the drive
req

Drive make and model number ?

Paul

Paul wrote:
reqluq wrote:
Oh, and the bios does not see the drive
req

Drive make and model number ?

Paul

I'm looking for some thing like "Deskstar T7K500", so
I can check on it.

Paul

Paul wrote:
Paul wrote:
reqluq wrote:
Oh, and the bios does not see the drive
req

Drive make and model number ?

Paul

I'm looking for some thing like "Deskstar T7K500", so
I can check on it.

Paul

It does look like Feature Tool, may be the only way to
modify a drive like the T7K500 series. The manual for the
T7K500, shows no jumpers in the usual place.

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/suppor..._Guide_210.pdf

If the drive really was stuck in SATA 3.0Gbit/sec mode, you'd
need to find a motherboard that operates the SATA interface
at 3.0Gbit/sec. Then, download the Feature Tool from the
hitachigst.com site, and make the change to the drive
there. And force it to 1.5Gbit/sec mode.

I thought the deal with the drives was, that they shipped
set to 1.5Gbit/sec ? I'm surprised that Hitachi would
be making the same mistake they made when they first
shipped 3.0Gbit/sec drives.

Perhaps the drive is defective, or the cable is bad ?

Paul