Do I need jumpers?

[EminentSun]

So I just got a second hard drive, but it comes with pins for jumper settings...

My other drive doesn't have these, I know jumpers can be ised to set master/slave settings, but I had thought that wasn't a thing anymore. What do I do?

[EminentSun]

Also worth noting I don't have any jumpers on me.

[Electronics Wizardy]

does it work?

 

You don't need them

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

does it work?

 

You don't need them

No one uses them

[ripper101]

1 minute ago, Dawson Wehage said:

No one uses them

what are they even used for?

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, ripper101 said:

what are they even used for?

Moving a jumper between each two pins will change the drive from master drive, slave drive, or cable select.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Dawson Wehage said:

Moving a jumper between each two pins will change the drive from master drive, slave drive, or cable select.

Not for sata drives

 

2 minutes ago, ripper101 said:

what are they even used for?

Changing the speed to a lower speed normally. Look at the drive manual or datasheet.

[EminentSun]

6 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

does it work?

 

You don't need them

-IDK, I'm not at my place right now so I won;t get to plug it in for a few hours. I just opened it and was worried about those pins

 

-So basically I can ignore the pins and the computer will set master/slave on its own?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, EminentSun said:

-IDK, I'm not at my place right now so I won;t get to plug it in for a few hours. I just opened it and was worried about those pins

 

-So basically I can ignore the pins and the computer will set master/slave on its own?

there is no master and slave on sata.

 

Ignore the pins

[Sakkura]

2 minutes ago, EminentSun said:

-IDK, I'm not at my place right now so I won;t get to plug it in for a few hours. I just opened it and was worried about those pins

 

-So basically I can ignore the pins and the computer will set master/slave on its own?

There is no master/slave on SATA. That's not what the pins are for.

[jj9987]

Here is some explanation what these pins are for. http://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=981#satadesktopjump