If you are installing your seagate hard drive as the only drive in the system or if it will be the primary boot drive for the system, the jumper should be set as cable select. Review the user manual for your hard drive to determine the correct jumper settings, or check to see if the settings are printed on the hard drive itself. Support hard drives western digital jumper settings. For example, western digitals fullsized sata hard drives let you use jumpers to set the following parameters. Jumper settings western digital serial ata hard drives ship from the factory with a jumper shunt in the default position across pins 1 and 2.
Windows 7 vista windows xp server 2003 server 2008 package contents. So i will not be able to boot boot into my computer using that hard drive. The jumper block is on the left of the interface connector and the power connector, and has four pins in a horizontal row. Change the jumper settings only if you intend to use the drive in an enterprise storage. You can change the existing jumper settings on the original drive to suit your needs, but we recommend following these instructions. If your existing hard drive is confi gured as master, then set your new hard drive to slave. Depending on the disc model and the manufacturer, you can adjust some settings with them, for example you can set a writing protection or you can control the start up process of the drive. This setting is the default setting for ata drives. Avoid touching the circuit board components on the bottom of the hard drive. The bios does not detect or recognize the ata sata hard. Do not stack hard drives or stand your wd hard drive on its edge. Seagate sata drives have four pins, while western digital sata drives have eight pins, with the additional pins to be used by technicians or your network administrator for powering up the drive while in standby mode.
Seagate maxtorquantum the seagate site is crap now. Generally, all the sata drives are backwards compatible. New hard drives, or used hard drives that have had their partitions deleted, have no data on them and will not appear as one or more drive letters in computer or windows explorer. Do not allow clothing to come in direct contact with the hard drive or circuit board components. If the bios doesnt recognize it, the bios cant recognize the hard drive. Key features include an 8 mb buffer, 7200 rpm spindle speed, sata300 interface and 4. It is normally not necessary to set any jumpers, terminators, or other settings on this drive for proper operation. You can change the existing jumper settings on the original drive to suit your needs, but we recommend following these instructions fi. Locate the jumper block on the back of the seagate sata hard drive. Congratulations on purchasing a wd sata hard drive. Hard drive information jumper settings and other technical information about your hard drive. If you put your hard drive at the same cable at which also the old built in drive was and if you keep a possible jumper configuration, it should be enough in your case. The adapter need for external power adapter to work.
Enables spreadspectrum clocking ssc, which helps deal with excessive electromagnetic interference. You must go to control panel display as small icons or large icons not category administrative tools computer management disk management and make at. Id like to make sure that im doing the jumpers properly on a hard drive. Use this if you are installing a slave drive, are having drive size recognition problems or to copy. How to install and troubleshoot serial ata sata hard drives. Im trying to connect some of my old drives through this logilink usb to idesata adapter.
Mar 24, 2009 your system might not recognize your new seagate 1. This seagate barracuda st3250820as sata hard drive, with its 250 gb storage capacity, has got you covered. If you are on an imac g5 and install a new sata drive you will need to slow down the drive by adding a jumper. Seagate barracuda st3250820as 250 gb sata hard drive only. Basic jumper settings for seagate barracuda ata hard drives. Jan 18, 2008 setting the jumpers correctly on a hard drive requires the placement of a jumper shunt over two pins on the hard drive jumper block. Put the cable into sata port 2 installed the sata power supply, bios detected it. Setting the jumpers correctly on a hard drive requires the placement of a jumper shunt over two pins on the hard drive jumper block. What is sata hard drive everything about sata drives.
Knowing the settings is important for to easily install hard drive they are required. I found the site toshiba how has fujitsu drives, downloaded the speciific datasheet for the jumper settings and know the setting for cable select and slave master has no jumper and it did not work previously with no jumper, guess i will try the cable select then the slave. The drive is configured at the factory for a cable select setting. Connecting an ide hdd to usb adapter which jumper setting. Western digitals sata cable with secureconnect does not supply power to the drive. It is not necessary to move the jumper shunt on the drive for workstation or desktop use. Robust and reliable internal ssd that improves performance of your laptop or desktop system.
Build and configure an external hard drive enclosure. I never use a jumper on sata drives, let the motherboard take care of what it needs. Mar 04, 2011 those usb to hard drive adapters are not recognized by all bioses. The jumper to limit drive speed on these drives is non functional. How to set jumpers for your computers ide drive dummies.
Software and firmware downloads seagate support us. Syba sdpex40049 flex2port sata iii 6gbps pcie card, hard drive connectors can be set as external or internal ports by jumpers. If the sata drive and interface dont appear on the list of ideata devices, examine the list of scsi devices. Support hard drives western digital jumper settings those. These both live near where the data and power cables plug into the drive. If you are connecting the drive to an older system that has a preudma mode 3 ata controller, or you are connecting this to a cable with a master device that doesnt have a cable select jumper setting, jumper the drive as slave instead by removing the jumper from the drive. Hi david, there should not be a problem connecting a normal hdd to the 530 desktop. Jumper settings for seagate sata hard drives applenova. Most hard drives and computers that were manufactured after 2002 probably do not need to have the hard drive jumper settings changed this includes all sata drives. Drive as master with a nonatacompatible slave seagate drives only. Setting the jumpers on a western digital hard drive. Probably, you have to go to the bios and set the desired hard drive as boot medium i am recommending that to see whether the configuration is okay. The usb adapter must be connected to a usb port that can actually supply the full 500ma max current the usb specs allow for.
Hitachiibm hitachi bought ibms hard drive division. Search for the masterslave pin settings for that particular model of drive. Try plugging in a good known hard drive to the computer and see if it works, if a good known hdd works, then probably your seagate hdd is faulty and you can get it replaced. This allows the drive to assume the proper role of master or slave based on the connector used on the cable see the ultraata cable figure below. Therefore, we do not recommend the use of alternative disk jumpers 9 pin. Jumper settings for seagate sata hard drives applenova forums.
The driver update utility for seagate devices is intelligent software which automatically recognizes your computers operating system and hard disk drive model and finds the most uptodate drivers for it. Because of this, there is no jumper to set to make a serial ata drive a master or slave on its cable, as it will be the only drive connected to that data cable. If you have a 9pin disk, you can use alternate jumper settings. Serial ata interface disc drives are designed for easy installation. Setting the jumpers correctly on a hard drive requires the proper placement of a plasticencased, metal jumper shunt over two pins on the hard drive jumper block, as shown in figure 1. Seagate st3120026as internal barracuda 7200 120 gb sata.
Jan 08, 2008 okay, so today i got a brand spanking new 160gb 7200 sata seagate hard drive. This is probably my 5th or 6th drive in 4 years mainly used as just a storage disk and backup disk. The procedure for setting the hard drives jumpers, can be found here. Jumper block location sata hard drive jumper settings. Does it matter if theres been a previous windows installed on any of the old ide drives, or. This alternative jumper settings do not work with windows nt, os 2 warp, novell netware or unix. For the cable select setting to work properly, the cables you are using must. The driver update utility downloads and installs your drivers quickly and easily. Each hard drive setting is used by the computers bios to tell the system where the hard drive is located and what priority it has in relation to the other drives. I have not tried any other seagate models or line ups but after the money lost here i cannot in good conscience recommend this drive or seagate to anyone. If you are connecting the drive to an older system that has a preudma mode 3 ata controller, or you are connecting this to a cable with a slave device that doesnt have a cable select jumper. Resources for finding your sata hard drive jumper configuration the new sata drives dont require any jumper setting changes on your macintosh most of the time.
Dell s ide drives are usually set to cable select cs by default. You can change the existing jumper settings on the original drive to suit your needs, but we recommend following these instructions first to verify proper operation of the new hard drive. Use this jumper setting only if the drive does not work as a master. Figure c shows a jumper block on a typical ide hard drive and a. Okay, so today i got a brand spanking new 160gb 7200 sata seagate hard drive. A jumper pin is a rectangular connector that creates a circuit between two pins. Master configuration is used for all single drive applications, and master or slave configuration only one of each per port is used for two drive applications.
If your existing drive is set for cable select, then set your new drive to cable select also. The ide now known as pata used a 40pin or 80conductor ribbon cable from the motherboard with 3 plugssockets on it, one end for the motherboard, other end for the masteronly hdd and the middle socket for a slave hdd if present which is where the masterslaveonly jumper came into play as specified on the. Seagate hard disk drive drivers download for windows 10, 8, 7. Hard drive installation and diagnostic tools internal. Jumper settings for seagate and maxtor ata hard drives data.
If the sata drive is a secondary drive on an existing system, use the os driver update feature to load the sata driver after the system boots to the original primary hard drive. You can use a serial ata drive in the same system with parallel ata drives as long as both interfaces are supported on the motherboard or with a host adapter. Seagate hard disk drive drivers download for windows 10, 8. Set a jumper on pins 5 and 6 and a jumper on pins 7 and 8. Does it matter if theres been a previous windows installed on. The driver update utility for maxtor devices is intelligent software which automatically recognizes your computers operating system and hard disk drive model and finds the most uptodate drivers for it. Your system might not recognize your new seagate 1. Serial advanced technology attachment, often abbreviated sata or sata, is a serial link a single cable with a minimum of four wires creates a pointtopoint connection between devices. How to make sata hdd as master and slave techspot forums. How to set the jumper on a maxtor hard drive your business. Exactly what the pins do depends on your drive and its manufacturer. Secure your information by backing up the operating system, applications, settings, and all your dataas well as erasing it securely. Youll find six or more pins, but theyre always set in pairs like the ones in the photo.
The various jumper pin settings should be listed on either the drives label, or casing. Wd blue wd2500js hard drive 250 gb sata300 series sign in to comment. On sata hard drives, jumper settings enable or disable enterpriselevel features. Western digital wd sata hard drives installation manual pdf. Nevertheless, some sata hard drives can still have jumpers. Intel rapid storage technology is a windowsbased application that provides improved performance and reliability for systems equipped with sata disks for. With a serial ata sata interface, each disc drive has its own cable that connects directly to a serial ata host adapter or a serial ata port on your motherboard. If you are connecting the drive to an older system that has a preudma mode 3 ata controller, or you are connecting this to a cable with a slave device that doesnt have a cable select jumper setting, jumper the drive as master instead by putting a jumper on the first vertical set of pins closest to the data cable.
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