DS3 and connecting Sata

DirtyJester · 2 Dec 2006 at 23:19

Hi

Building up new setup E6600 and Gigabyte SD3 mobo just about to connect my Sata HDD (Maxtor 200gb SataII 3.0gb) but which socket on mobo do I connect to Orange or Purple and if so which one ? Only using the one HDD . Also on back of HDD I have a jumper setting:
SATA 1.50gb/s Mode Setting and the other J4 (Partial) (thats where jumper pin is on straight from box)

So is this jumper setting correct or should it be on the Sata 1.5gb pins? Am only using the one harddrive. Complete noob as Ive never used sata before
Thanks for the help and your time.

Robert · 2 Dec 2006 at 23:54

Connect it to the yellow one mate. That's the ICH8 controller, which from what I gather is better than the JMicron one.

DirtyJester · 3 Dec 2006 at 00:01

Thanks mate does it matter which one there is four.

NickR · 3 Dec 2006 at 10:37

Doesn't matter - but start with the first numbered tbh

DirtyJester · 3 Dec 2006 at 10:57

Thanks mate Ive stuck it into Number 1 but still wondering about that jumper setting on back of HDD any ideas?

ants83 · 3 Dec 2006 at 13:26

does it matter?i stuck mine in the purple one, surley it cant effect performance can it?

jezzag · 3 Dec 2006 at 13:29

DirtyJester said:
Thanks mate Ive stuck it into Number 1 but still wondering about that jumper setting on back of HDD any ideas?

SATA hard disks do not need jumper changes. This only applies to IDE hard drives that needed to be set to Master or Slave.

DirtyJester · 3 Dec 2006 at 14:43

Ok so I leave the JUMPER where it is then ? This isnt a master or slave setting though . To me its more of a speed issue I think.

Cob · 3 Dec 2006 at 14:54

You only need to change it to "SATA 1.50gb/s Mode Setting" if your motherboard is SATA I only. But your board is SATA II so you can leave it where it is.

DirtyJester · 3 Dec 2006 at 15:37

Thanks Cob and cheers everyone else.

bee · 3 Dec 2006 at 18:37

dont you remove the jumper to enable sata 2 mode?

i just put mine in the purple jmicron slots, the difference in performance between the 2 is minimal and you dont need to f6 drivers in with the jmicron during windows install.

DirtyJester · 3 Dec 2006 at 19:32

Im back onto this build now after sticking other computer together ... it wasnt SataII 3.0gbs so I had to put jumper onto 1.5gb setting and it worked fine. So now on the SD3 mobo do I go with NO jumper or leave it where it is on 'Partial' J4 jumper setting ... Confussion reigns now

Cob · 3 Dec 2006 at 19:34

Leave it on the default jumper.

DirtyJester · 3 Dec 2006 at 19:36

Cob stick kettle on ill be there in 40mins !

Cheers m8y