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i need help buying a new hard drive. mine got totally screwed after some insanely weird virus. i'm not completely computer illiterate but there are some stuff i dont understand. like my hard drive is 3 yrs old now its a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 200gb model ST3200822AS they are discontinued so i guess i cant buy the same one. it is a Serial ATA-150 meaning its a SATA 1.5. I am planning on buying a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s. obviously there is a difference between the 1.5 i got and the 3.0 that i want to buy. something about a jumper. i dont know how to hook it up onto my pc. the 1.5 that i have doesnt have a little small jumper rubber thingy so i dont know how to hook the 3.0 up to it without the jumper. do i buy the jumper separately or will it come with the 3.0 :S pls help?

ask dom, he's asian.

i thought he was only half asian....

XemnasXD wrote:i thought he was only half asian....

I wouldnt be suprised, we already have a half pollack going around

Well why don't use the jumper from the old HDD? ;x

nevermind -edt

well my old hard drive doesnt have a jumper :| so i just ordered the new one (the 3.0) hopefully it will come with one? do they usually not? and is it possible to buy them separately?

I'm not sure, but if it's sata 3.0, the connectors might not match up properly...hopefully you got it from newegg, they have a rad return policy

Think so.

And don't worry about jumpers, they are easy to get :3

JacksColon wrote:I'm not sure, but if it's sata 3.0, the connectors might not match up properly...hopefully you got it from newegg, they have a rad return policy

newegg always and forever yo <3

Ilove2quack wrote:


Well why don't use the jumper from the old HDD? ;x

omg does that mean that i dont need a jumper to use 3.0??

Honestly never seen a retail HDD come without a jumper...and ive bought around 30 or them so far. Less its OEM then it probably wont, depends how it was shipped. Far as i know the 3.0 and 1.5 are backwards compat. so if the board only supports 1.5 the HDD will fall back to 1.5. But it also depends on the controller, most newer ones will.

hmm i think ill just wait for my HD to arrive so i can give it a try with however it comes. i'll report my results in 3 days.. hopefully i wont need any help :S

If your motherboard supports Sata II, wont be a problem. gl o.o

Megami wrote:hmm i think ill just wait for my HD to arrive so i can give it a try with however it comes. i'll report my results in 3 days.. hopefully i wont need any help :S

Well if its retail then it should come with at least one jumper. I know Seagate use to ship 2, one on the drive and one for backup.

Megami wrote:

JacksColon wrote:I'm not sure, but if it's sata 3.0, the connectors might not match up properly...hopefully you got it from newegg, they have a rad return policy

newegg always and forever yo <3

fck newegg

Sharp324 wrote:

Megami wrote:hmm i think ill just wait for my HD to arrive so i can give it a try with however it comes. i'll report my results in 3 days.. hopefully i wont need any help :S

Well if its retail then it should come with at least one jumper. I know Seagate use to ship 2, one on the drive and one for backup.

:/ i ordered it from newegg. the brand is seagate. so i hope it does come with one just in case. if not then ill have to bust my butt to find one >.<

and stall, dont hate :]

Just noticed my sata drive doesn't have a jumper and its working just fine.. weird

If all else fails just make ur own jumper, get a wire and connect the two pins with it..

iGod wrote:Just noticed my sata drive doesn't have a jumper and its working just fine.. weird

If all else fails just make ur own jumper, get a wire and connect the two pins with it..

does that really work? :]

Dunno, wont know unless you try right? :d

iGod wrote:Dunno, wont know unless you try right? :d

lol omg i thought you were being serious

Megami wrote:

iGod wrote:Dunno, wont know unless you try right? :d

lol omg i thought you were being serious

lol I don't remember when I was last time tbh.

If it doesn't work maybe you'll just start a little fire in your computer.. no biggie

Megami wrote:

iGod wrote:Just noticed my sata drive doesn't have a jumper and its working just fine.. weird

If all else fails just make ur own jumper, get a wire and connect the two pins with it..

does that really work? :]

In theory is should, all a jumper does is let 2 pins connect, thats why you can turn your computer on with a flat head screwdriver by touching your motherboard to 2 pins.

yes newegg ftw, and just throwing it out, start fresh, fresh is good