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| Thread ID: 104395 | 2009-10-26 05:37:00 | new hard drive not recognized | smithinator (15240) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 824301 | 2009-10-26 07:27:00 | how do i do that ? | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824302 | 2009-10-26 07:29:00 | I just told you. LOOK on the back of the SATA hard drive, youre trying to connect. You'll have to take it out of the case, if you've installed it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 824303 | 2009-10-26 07:31:00 | so the hdd will have two places to put the cable in at the back and all i have to do is swap it over? | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824304 | 2009-10-26 07:37:00 | Add the jumper to Pins 5&6 - normally SATA drives dont use jumpers, as there is no master/slave. BUT you can jumper the drive for different options as per the Western Digital drive chart. (www.imagef1.net.nz) - it will have one SATA connection, and usually one power connection, some of the older drives had the older molex type as well ( shown in Picture). Just checked on 4 new WD drives, they all have the pin arrangement to allow jumpers, as per teh pictures, BUT dont have the Molex power, Seagate have a different pin arrangement. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 824305 | 2009-10-26 07:38:00 | so i should use the jumper on this wd caviar black sata hdd? | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824306 | 2009-10-26 08:07:00 | Well As I mentioned earlier, I had one customers PC exactly the same thing, it was a 250GB SATA WD drive, wouldn't show. I then jumpered the drive to 150 on pins 5 & 6 as Shown Here (www.imagef1.net.nz) and it worked fine. That Picture is a brand new , still in the plastic (apart from that end) - WD 160GB HDD, jumpered to 150. If it works on your PC - good,( it wont harm anything) if not then there is another problem some place. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 824307 | 2009-10-26 20:21:00 | thanks sooooo much i put in that old jumper i found and it works perfectly soon i will be upgrading the mobo so it should work then thanks again to everyone who contributed it is really appreciated :D | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824308 | 2009-10-26 20:44:00 | When you get your new motherboard don't forget to take the jumper off again, to make sure you're not limiting the speed | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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