I have asked that question a few times myself, even if I didn't ask a question, I have learned a lot. :-) Oh, on a side note, I don't know if WD has changed the technology in their newer drives, but there werecomplaints about having to set jumpers and so forth, while other hard drive maker(s) incorporated the auto throttle feature in the hard drive circuitry (BIOS) itself, which I guess could be debated on where this feature should be best installed. (Hard drive vs Motherboard) On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:34:55 +0200, "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> took time to say the following: SS> Charles R. Buchanan <> wrote on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:03 PM: SS> SS> What would I do w/o this list... Thx for the info! SS> SS> > That is to make the drives backward compatible with SATA-1 systems that SS> > doesn't have the recent BIOS to automatically throttle the drives down SS> > to the lower speed. I had that problem and I had to use the jumpers on SS> > the 200 and 250 SATA drives. I didn't need to use the jumpers on the two SS> > 360gb SATA drives I just installed because the controller is a more SS> > recent one than the other MB I was using. SS> > SS> > I think it's a good idea to have the jumpers set from the factory SS> > because before I knew of the jumpers, I thought I had a DOA drive SS> > because the computer (BIOS) didn't even know the drive exisited, until I SS> > set the jumpers, so maybe the HD maker(s) was getting a LOT of calls SS> > and/or returns because people thought the drive was dead, as I did. SS> > <shrug> SS> > SS> > I tend to think it's a hardware issue. "They call it PMS because "mad cow disease" was already taken!" ***************************** New Site from The Kenzig Group! Windows Vista Links, list options and info are available at: http://www.VistaPop.com ***************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm