Sata newbie question.

[sk4tec]

Hi guys,

I've built my first pc with a sata drive. Its a Gigabyte EP45-UD3L Intel P45 mobo and a WD Caviar Black 1 TB.

In bios I know that I can't run AHCI, so I need to turn this off as I didn't install the Intel desk drivers when installing XP Home. But the Bios describes this as setting the hard drives to PATA. I don't want my drives set to PATA!!!

I've run HD tune (having trouble loading screenshot, try from home later).

On the info page it shows the drive supports ATA/ATAPI8-SATA II, active UDMA Mode 5 (Ultra ATA 100).

I'm a bit confused its a Sata disk connected to the sata port but its being reported as Ultra ATA 100, like an PATA IDE disk.

I'm a bit confused, is my Sata disk running Sata II 300 or as a 100 ATA drive?

 

[sk4tec]

Bump, anyone help out

 

[sk4tec]

there might be a jumper on the back of the hard drive to switch it over to sata II, you'll need to look at the hard drive documentation online or if it came with it.

The jumper config defines putting a jumper on for 1.5 Gb\s. My drive has no jumpers on it. I'm changing the case fans tonight, so I'll double check.

The documentation specifies 3 GB\s - maximum burst rate running the specified PIO, DMA, Ultra Ata or Serial Ata mode

What do you guys see on the info tab of HD Tune on your own drives, bottom right supported and active connections?

 

[sk4tec]

Ok guys, thanks.