Configuring 3.0Gb/s SATA HD for 1.5Gb/s Use

[Secret Agent Man]

My computer (a Dell Dimension E310) only supports 1.5Gb/s, and this hard drive (details here) runs at 3.0Gb/s, but can be configured to run at 1.5Gb/s by the use of jumpers. The problem is that the drive does not specify what jumpers need to be jumpered in order for it to run at this speed. The only jumper info on the drive was how to put it into PLUS mode. Does anyone have a clue as to how the jumpers need to be configured?

[Pyrion]

I wasn't aware that they had to be jumpered for different SATA modes.

Anyway, read these two over, see if they help:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=981&p_created=1052339456&p_sid=yb3erjEi&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9OTQ5JnBfcHJvZHM9JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1zZWFyY2hfZm5sJnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&p_topview=1

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1461&p_created=1155663270&p_sid=yb3erjEi&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MjcyJnBfcHJvZHM9MCZwX2NhdHM9MCZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX2ZubCZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PVNBVEE*&p_li=&p_topview=1

[Secret Agent Man]

Thanks for your help, Pyrion, but I've discovered that I don't need to jumper the hard drive, as my motherboard is modern enough (thankfully) to autonegotiate speeds with the hard drive.

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