Guys,
Just a note. The newer Carvair Black 6.0 Gbps drives do not come with
jumpers. However, in order for the drives to be recognized as SATA-II on some
controllers (the default is SATA-I at 1.5 Gbps), you must install jumpers on
pins 5-6 for the drives to initialize at 3.0 Gbps:
13:23 nirvana:~> sudo dmesg | grep ata
<snip>
[ 1.363358] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 1.370543] ata1.00: ATA-8: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0, 05.01D05, max UDMA/133
[ 1.372815] ata1.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
[ 1.380018] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 1.386960] ata3.00: ATA-8: ST3750528AS, CC35, max UDMA/133
[ 1.389290] ata3.00: 1465149168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
[ 1.389303] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 1.406937] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 1.853354] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 1.860937] ata2.00: ATA-8: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0, 05.01D05, max UDMA/133
[ 1.863299] ata2.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
[ 1.877002] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
Without the jumpers, the drives are limited to SATA-I
--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
