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Is your Seagate 7200.10 disk using SATA or SATAII?

by Miha Markič 4. September 2007 20:17

Another detail regarding the Seagate 7200.10 disk (and perhaps other series as well). These disks are SATAII capable but aren't SATAII enabled by default. The difference is 300MB vs 150MB transfer rate. It actually does matter only when you are running RAID array because no single disk has 150MB sustained transfer rate so far. At least a mainstream disk. If you aren't on RAID then it is not that important (there is no big performance gain - most of the gain is only when PC is reading from disk's internal cache). Anyway, if you have SATAII capable motherboard then you might double check whether you are on SATAII or not. To enable SATA II you have to remove a jumper located right to the data cable connector (it is also described on the sticker attached at the top of the drive). That's it.

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Miha currently works as a free lance consultant and software developer specialized in .net area.
He graduated in Computer and information science at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has accumulated experience in various programming languages such as Java, Visual Basic 3-6 (MCP), Visual C++, Delphi, C# and VB.Net through years.
He has experience in practically all (technical) stages of project development, including planning, framework development, user interface, business processes, as well as testing and documenting. He has worked on big and small projects in Slovenia and abroad (e.g. participated in completing level 3 IS for the Nucor steel plant, Hertford, USA).
Currently he enjoys programming in .net environment using C#. Since 2000 he has been active in Developer Express' DX Squad and has been ECDL trainer and tester. He also gives lectures on conferences and other events in Slovenia.