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Dimension 4700 HDD 3.0Gb/s or 1.5Gb/s ?
I'm replacing a SATA hard drive on a Dell Dimension 4700 desktop, and the hard drive that's currently in it is a SATA 1.5Gb/s drive. Can a SATA 3.0Gb/s drive be used, or do I have to jumper it down to 1.5Gb/s ? I've looked all through the owner's manual and service guide but there is no reference to this matter as far as I could tell.
ejn63
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July 9th, 2009 11:00
The system has a SATA150 controller, but the jumper is rarely needed.
OrangeSVTguy
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July 9th, 2009 11:00
It will be fine. Mine is a SATAII 500gb drive and it's running fine in mine.
thebigdintx
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July 9th, 2009 11:00
Thanks, but clarify please.......do I need to set the jumper on the new hard drive to 1.5Gb/s, or should I just leave the new 3.0Gb/s drive the way it came? If I leave it as 3.0Gb/s, will it still run ok if the system only takes 1.5Gb/s drives?
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July 9th, 2009 13:00
I'm confused as to why the hard drive manufactures would put forth the extra time in development, and extra cost to each drive, to put a jumper on their hard drives to go from 3.0Gb/s down to 1.5Gb/s if it didn't make any difference whether you used it or not. Anyone know why it's there if it doesn't matter whether you use it or not?
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July 9th, 2009 13:00
thebigdintx
Leave it as is, SATA 2 [3.0gb] hard drives are backwards compatible to SATA1 [1.5gb] and should work fine without using the jumper.
Bev.
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July 9th, 2009 14:00
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The jumper on SATA 200 hard drives, is used to force the drive into SATA 150 mode for use with older SATA controllers that only work with SATA 150 hard drives.
Bev.
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July 9th, 2009 15:00
Ok, so if the Dimension 4700 has an SATA 150 controller as one of the above posters said, shouldn't I place the jumper on the new hard drive into the 1.5Gb/s mode to be compatible?
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July 10th, 2009 18:00
We've already mentioned to just leave it. It will work either way. Mine is a SATAII HDD in my 4700.