Damn you, computers!
April 8, 2008 9:08 AM Subscribe
I lost the little jumper that sets the SATA drive from SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) to SATA I (1.5 Gb/s). Where can I buy/steal a replacement?
Look on the other boards inside your computer. Often, those boards will include jumpers, but they aren't set to anything useful. They're there just in case you don't want the default setting.
posted by clearlynuts at 9:30 AM on April 8, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by clearlynuts at 9:30 AM on April 8, 2008 [1 favorite]
Similarly, if you've got old computer parts lying around, or if you've got the kind of buddy/employer/whatnot that has old parts lying around, there are probably some jumpers in there somewhere.
posted by box at 9:33 AM on April 8, 2008
posted by box at 9:33 AM on April 8, 2008
I'm a tech, and I keep these around. Your profile page doesn't list your location though, so you're not letting folks like me offer to give you one.
posted by SlyBevel at 10:59 AM on April 8, 2008
posted by SlyBevel at 10:59 AM on April 8, 2008
...I suppose we can still offer, but honestly, if you're not local to the giver, what's the point?
And seconding a visit to the local PC tech shop. They've got 'em, and they can find one for you, probably for free. It's a $0.015 part.
posted by SlyBevel at 11:01 AM on April 8, 2008
And seconding a visit to the local PC tech shop. They've got 'em, and they can find one for you, probably for free. It's a $0.015 part.
posted by SlyBevel at 11:01 AM on April 8, 2008
Look on the other boards inside your computer. Often, those boards will include jumpers, but they aren't set to anything useful. They're there just in case you don't want the default setting.
This is a bad idea, unless you can find a jumper that's parked, meaning it's only covering ONE PIN by default. The most likely jumper you'll find on any recent motherboard is the CMOS clear header, and it NEEDS to be in its default position in order for your machine to boot properly.
Many of these have three pins, with 1-2 covered being normal, 2-3 covered being reset CMOS, and none covered being BIOS recovery. You don't want that.
posted by SlyBevel at 11:07 AM on April 8, 2008
This is a bad idea, unless you can find a jumper that's parked, meaning it's only covering ONE PIN by default. The most likely jumper you'll find on any recent motherboard is the CMOS clear header, and it NEEDS to be in its default position in order for your machine to boot properly.
Many of these have three pins, with 1-2 covered being normal, 2-3 covered being reset CMOS, and none covered being BIOS recovery. You don't want that.
posted by SlyBevel at 11:07 AM on April 8, 2008
My favorite source for jumpers is CD drives. If you're using SATA for your harddrives, and only have one drive on one of your IDE channels, you can easily steal its jumper. It'll fail over to cable select or master (not a problem, since it's the only drive on that channel), and you can use its jumper for your SATA drive.
posted by Netzapper at 11:13 AM on April 8, 2008
posted by Netzapper at 11:13 AM on April 8, 2008
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posted by jmnugent at 9:10 AM on April 8, 2008