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[ZetaVu]

This is my only sata drive, but I have to pata drives as well, will it make a difference?

[merrypig]

I seem to recall that normally the jumper usually is a delayed start option.

It is used to stagger drives start up so that the current draw from each disk during motor start up is spread and doesn't bring down the entire psu rail.

If you have many disks and a weak power supply, you may find it useful to stagger the drives. If you have a monster psu and only a few drives, doesn't matter if it's sata or pata, then don't worry about it.

New drives may have more intelligent / sw controlled options - read the manual

If it works though... don't fix it

[jkirk]

Originally Posted by ZetaVu

This is my only sata drive, but I have to pata drives as well, will it make a difference?

depends is the sata the boot drive? if it is setting this jumper will have no effect.

merrypig is right.

PM2 Mode – To designate the drive as power-up in standby (power management 2 or PM2)
enabled, install the jumper shunt on pins 3 and 4. The mode enables controlled spinup,
mainly used for server/workstation environments operating in multiple drive configurations.

IMPORTANT: PM2 mode requires a compatible BIOS that supports this feature. If PM2
is enabled and not supported by BIOS, the drive will not spin up and therefore will not be
detected by the system.

[ZetaVu]

It is not the boot drive, but I have had issues (before this drive) of the OS locking coming out of standby. Mostly this was related to my A180 card, but I still get it occasionally after some massive HD loads or errors.

I might try the jumper if I get another stall coming out of Standby. I assume there is no setting for PATA hard drives for this, any idea about a regedit to do that?

I swear, last question, after this back to new deals.

[stevehiner]

Another sale on the Hauppauge HVR-1600 at Circuit City.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Haupp...oductDetail.do

$80 with a $20 rebate. Rebate expires 3/17 so you have til tomorrow. I don't know a lot about this card but I know it has a over the air HD tuner and a standard def tuner. A friend of mine bought one and he's quite happy with it.

[jkirk]

zetavu look at my post again i found a little info on pm2 jumper at the wd site.

[ZetaVu]

Damn, I wish I saw this before getting my 500gb PATA

500gb USB external drive, WD drive inside, $119.95 after rebate, free shipping at Buy.com (Should also be able to get another $10 off if you sign up for google checkout, or $30 off if you sign up for a Buy.com visa

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...54&dcaid=17654

[merrypig]

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5080555

500GB Maxtor sata 300 $109.99 free shipping

[btvfreak]

Originally Posted by merrypig

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5080555

500GB Maxtor sata 300 $109.99 free shipping

Nice, no rebate either. Thanks for the tip. Just picked up 2 of these.

[cosiz]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143084

$89.95 with a $40 rebate = $49.95
BFG Tech BFGW6600GTOCX GeForce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM

[ZetaVu]

Don't see a rebate, am I missing something?

[Fickey]

Zeta, if you're referring to the Newegg BFGW6600GTOCX rebate, it ended 4/29/07. If you bought it during the promo, you can still download the rebate here:
http://www.newegg.com/Special/Rebate...&action=search

[btvfreak]

$178: Asus M2A-VM (onboard HDMI, 690G chipset) and A64 X2 4800+
http://newspaperads.mercurynews.com/...16121446&type=

Not too shabby.

[btvfreak]

Circuit City has the Hauppauge HVR-1600 for $70 after rebate:
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/produ...keycode=388565

[cfaslave]

SiliconDust HDHomeRun / Gyration MCE Remote Bundle!
PCAlchemy has for $199 the Gyration MCE Remote, HDHomeRun dual QAM tuner, a premium splitter and two RG6 cables.
LINK

The HDHomeRun sells for $170 by itself and the Gyration remote is selling for $99 so this is a good deal if you need both.

Per MissingRemote Blog