Running SATA or SATA2?

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arcturus

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Hey guys a bit confused here. Running XP Pro SP2 and a Jetway GT4L.

Hardware manager shows my Seagate 160G 7200.9 ST3160811AS (SATA2) as "Serial ATA Generation 1 - 1.5G".

The native windows speed test shows a theoretical limit of 150. I show burst of 108 and sustained of 72.4

Newegg info shows this board as supporting 'SATA 3Gb/s'.
Jetway promotional material states 'Supports 4 Serial ATA2 HDDs.'
Jetway manual states 'Four Serial ATA ports provide 150MB/sec data transfer rate.'

Doesn't 150MB/sec infer SATA1? Any insight appreciated to what's going on here.
 
Well, Newegg's specs are not renowned for their accuracy. Technically, the Jetway promo material is correct because "SATA-II" actually refers to the working group that formed the SATA standard, and has nothing to do with the actual speed of the ports. So SATA-II compliant drives can support 150 or 300. It's misleading, and I think the hardware marketers exploit it.

At any rate, you clearly have 150 ports, not 300, which isn't a big deal anyway.

Off topic: Wow arcturus, I remember you from way back in the stone age of this forum. I saw calebb posting today, too. Seems like quite a few old members are posting recently. I was starting to wonder if I was the only one...
 
arcturus said:
Jetway manual states 'Four Serial ATA ports provide 150MB/sec data transfer rate.'

Doesn't 150MB/sec infer SATA1? Any insight appreciated to what's going on here.
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Yes, that is exactly what is happening. It is your motherboard, not your drives.
 
ok thanks everyone.

off topic back: hey bones I remember you from way back too. Who knows, one of
these days our incept dates might just preceed some members birthdates lol. P3's,
alpha coolers, Voodoo3's, 200 mhz overclocks and $600 CRT's. Ah those were the days :)
 
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