signmeuptoo Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Hey guys. I have a relatively new DFI nF4 SLI DR. This is my first time using SATA (I couldn't afford it until now) and will be ordering a drive in a month or two, probably the Seagate Perpendicular Recording 500 Gig drive. Someone gave me a gift of a used 80 gig SATA which I am using right now. Well, that Seagate drive is the 3 Gb/S interface. Can someone tell me, does my motherboard support the faster SATA interface? How do I know which it is? Will I have to use a jumper? Second question: The second four SATA connectors with the SIL RAID: Do those SATA connections work ONLY in RAID, or can you run individal drives with those four too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 SLI-DR's support the 3gbs drives. The Seagate drives do not need a jumper to run at 3gbs. And yes the SIL can run a harddrive by itself(no need for raid) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtisN89 Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 I thought you had to move the jumper on the seagate drives. If i remember correctly mine were set to 1.5gb/s when i got them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radodrill Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Most SATAII drives have a jumper to set it to 1.5 Gbps if the MB only supports that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slicksickwilly Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Seagate ships all there sata 3gbs HDD's with a jumper on the back limiting it to 1.5 gbs. This is to enure it is compatible from the factory with all motherboards. They say in the installation instructions that if you have a mb that supports 3gbs then remove the jumper for optimal performance.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 I don't remember mine having a jumper but it's been awhile since I've looked at the back of them as well. Either way it's simple enough to change a jumper if need be. Maybe it was my WD drives that don't have the jumper? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 You guys are making me question whether I even bothered to look for a jumper on mine, hehe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_w95482 Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 From what I recall, the 4 ports handled by the nForce4 are SATA 3.0 Gbps, and the SiI ports are 1.5 only (3114 controller instead of 3134 I think). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 guess me and ReelFiles just plug . in then find out:nod: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundx98 Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 From what I recall, the 4 ports handled by the nForce4 are SATA 3.0 Gbps, and the SiI ports are 1.5 only (3114 controller instead of 3134 I think). n_w95482 is correct. The Sil 3114 is 1.5 only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazypoloc Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 If you get a seagate drive anything other than retail, I have never seen them even have jumpers terminators at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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