150G Raptor Jumper Required

Exibit · 16 Feb 2007 at 19:35

HI Guys

Just bought a 150G Raptor from OC today and the Western Digital WDSC50RCW Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable. Now there were no jumpers fitted to the Raptor though there was a jumper in the bag with the cable.

Do I need to fit one

I also have a 74G Raptor as my C Drive and I have noticed that does have a jumper fitted to it on pins 3&4 (PUIS)

I am wanting to install this 150G Raptor as my D drive but wanted to check before fitting

rpstewart · 16 Feb 2007 at 19:44

You don't need to set any drivers on the Raptor to get it running, the jumper positions are to enable optional bits like Spread Spectrum Clocking or power management.

Exibit · 16 Feb 2007 at 19:48

Hey thks for the reply does that mean I can remove the jumper from 74G Raptor

rpstewart · 16 Feb 2007 at 20:28

I think pins 3&4 are for enabling power management whatever that does (the WD site isn't great) so you could possibly get away with removing it but since there wouldn't be any performance gain I'd leave it where it is on the basis that you know it works as it is.

Exibit · 17 Feb 2007 at 01:53

Ok thks again

I have the drive working now, so far I have only installed BF2142 and I was playing tonight with a friend who has two hard drives set up in a raid I was in the game before him when the map was changing, dam this drive is fast

Anyway thks again

.Griff. · 17 Feb 2007 at 20:26

Exibit said:
I was playing tonight with a friend who has two hard drives set up in a raid I was in the game before him when the map was changing

Were you both running identical resolutions and in game settings? If not then you can't make a comparison like that.

Exibit · 18 Feb 2007 at 22:13

WWS|Griff said:
Were you both running identical resolutions and in game settings? If not then you can't make a comparison like that.

He is running 2 x 7900 in SLi 4 x 74g Raptor 8MB Cache set up in a raid + 24" Dell Widescreen, all setting maxed out in 2142

I am running 8800 GTX 1 x 150G 16Mb Cache Raptor + 24" Dell Widescreen all settings maxed out.

Looks like we both have the same settings to me