Got a new Hard drive :)

[SiM]

There is no jumper. Doesn't it auto switch to SATA II?
I got it new for £120, was still sealed

[Richdog]

AHhh so the jumper is already removed? Odd... it's still running at SATA I though from the looks of those results!

[SiM]

I will investigate into it further then

[Hasnath]

Speeds are fine, SATA II doesn't necessarily mean you'll get 300mb.

[DDY]

Actual transfer rates are rarely anywhere close to the theoretical maximum rates quoted by manufactures.
Note, it’s not SATA II (2), there is no such thing… It’s SATA 300Gb/s.

[SiM]

Awesome. Thanks guys

[Hasnath]

Note, it’s not SATA II (2), there is no such thing… It’s SATA 300Gb/s.

Now were just splitting hairs

[Richdog]

Speeds are fine, SATA II doesn't necessarily mean you'll get 300mb.

That burst speed is a full 100mb/s slower than my Samsung F1 320MB drive... which while faster than the Seagates, isn't THAT much faster. I'd say there was something wrong personally...

[SiM]

I will put a jumper on, and see if that changes anything...

Oh and I forgot to mention, this is running through PCI-E 1x sata card
Maybe that could explain it

[s_kinton]

Note, it’s not SATA II (2), there is no such thing… It’s SATA 300Gb/s.

Thats all well and good, but SATA II is a universally known name and is quoted on all retailer and technology websites. Plus its a hell of a lot easer than writing SATA 150Gb/s and SATA 300Gb/s.

However, yes you are right we cannot and should not allow the use of SATA I and II anymore

[2Cold Scorpio]

I've just noticed you haven't flicked the jumper on the drive from SATA I to SATA II, as your burst speed shows. Change it!

Wait,...what? I didn't change anything on my Seagates that I recall, either...what jumper? I wonder if that means I can speed my drives up....

[Richdog]

Wait,...what? I didn't change anything on my Seagates that I recall, either...what jumper? I wonder if that means I can speed my drives up....

I think the reviews etc state to take the jumper off to enable SATA 300 (for the little pedants)... but SiM says his is already off so...

[2Cold Scorpio]

I said I'd post my own results from testing two Seagate 7200.10 250GB hard drives in RIAD0 configuration. Here it is; how did I do?

I think the reviews etc state to take the jumper off to enable SATA 300 (for the little pedants)... but SiM says his is already off so...

Maybe...I don't recall seeing anything to take off when I installed them...maybe someone can tell by the test I ran... ^_^

[SiM]

What a funny shaped graph... here is my other drive:

So I reckon its my sata pci-e card which is holding this drive back...

[2Cold Scorpio]

What a funny shaped graph... here is my other drive:

...

Yeah, I know. I was hoping someone could tell me what's up with it. I was impressed with the CPU usage, though!

[Richdog]

So I reckon its my sata pci-e card which is holding this drive back...

Could be indeed... is it an old SATA 150-only card or does it support 300 too?