On Wednesday 31 January 2007 20:07, Ken Elliott wrote:
> >> Has a jumper on it.
> >> I googled a bunch about this jumper and only served to confuse me.
> >> ie:only remove/change for "enterprise", "changing jumper increase
>
> throughput" etc.
>
> I believe removal of the jumper will put the drive into high speed
> mode. Some motherboards can detect what data transfer speed the drive
> can run, but some will not. Install the drive with the jumper in
> place. After you know that it works, shut down the computer and
> remove the jumper. If all is well, you will see a faster data
> transfer speed. If the drive can't be read, you have one of the buggy
> chipsets and you will need to replace the jumper (after power off, of
> course).
>
Thanks Ken,
It was the jumper I am concerned about. You more or less confirm what I
found googling.
Guess I will just try what you suggest and see what happpens.
Bob S.
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