SATA 300 Drive Being Run At 150

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 10:14:02AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> 5) This drive isn't available in the United States, so I'll have to go
> off of foreign docs.  AUS docs don't show this drive as having any such
> jumper, but the docs are sparse:
> 
> http://www.samsung.com/au/support/productsupport/download/Model_Select.aspx?type=Hard+Disk+Drive&typecode=12&subtype=HDD%283%2E5%29&cmssubtypecode=1203&model=HD080HJ&filetype=UM

I stand corrected, though in a weird way:

Version 5.0 of the manual for this disk does not mention any jumper.
Instead, Samsung insists you "use software to ensure SATA150".  From
the 5.0 manual:

  Note: In some rare cases SATA 1.5Gb/s hosts can not establish SATA
  interface connection with SATA 3.0Gb/s devices due to interface
  protocol issues.
  In this case you should switch your drive to SATA 1.5Gb/s speed
  with a software which we are providing via www.samsunghdd.com.

The amusing part is that Version 3.0 and 4.0 of the manual mention the
drive having a SATA150-limit jumper.

P.S. -- I'm pulling freebsd-questions off the To list, because I'm
getting mails stating moderators need to approve my posts due to too
many recipients (I assume due to list cross-posting).

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