Is master/slave jumpers necessary on SATA hard drives?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by pompste, Oct 19, 2006.

  1. pompste

    pompste Private First Class

    Hi,i want to add a second SATA hard drive to my pc.Are master/slave jumpers needed on sata hard drives?
    Thanks for any info.
     
    pompste, Oct 19, 2006
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  2. prankz

    prankz Specialist

    nope SATA HDDs do not have jumpers....
     
    prankz, Oct 19, 2006
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  3. InYearsToCome

    InYearsToCome MajorGeek

    The only jumpers that exist (to my knowledge) on SATA drives are only on newer SATA300 (SATA2) drives, and the jumper limits the drive to SATA150 (SATA).

    As far as master and slave, since you only have 1 device per SATA channel, it is not necessary.
     
    InYearsToCome, Oct 19, 2006
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