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Hi
I meet a problem
I bought a WD HDD (WD2500AAKX) with SATA3 connection but my motherboard chipset only supports SATA1.
The question is: how to set jumpers and to slow down speed at 1.5 Gbps?
On the HDD is saying that Jumper on Pin 5-6 slow down to 3 Gbps.
When i connect the HDD, the BIOS doesn't see it.
And all over the internet it saying that SATA3 is compatible with SATA1 chipset

thanks in advance :)

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solved the initial detection issue by moving the drive to a working port, so the board and drive can talk. The remaining problem — being unable to create partitions — is usually an OS/partition-table issue rather than a physical incompatibility. Below are practical, non-destructive steps and checks to get the disk initialized, plus a few troubleshooting items if Windows still refuses to partition.

First try Windows Disk Management: run diskmgmt.msc. If the new disk appears as "Unknown" or "Not Initialized" right-click its left column and choose Initialize Disk (use MBR for disks <=2TB, GPT for larger). After that create a New Simple Volume, assign a letter and format (NTFS for Windows). If the disk shows but the partition/format operations fail, use diskpart to force basic operations (this can repair lingering metadata or readonly flags).

Try these diskpart commands (will erase data if you use clean — back up first if needed):

diskpart
list disk
select disk X        <-- replace X with the number for the WD drive
attributes disk clear readonly
online disk
clean                <-- removes old partition table/RAID metadata (destructive)
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs quick
assign
exit

If diskpart cannot see or modify the disk, check these items: different SATA cable and a different known-good port (you already found bad ports, so test again), BIOS SATA mode (AHCI vs IDE) and chipset/SATA controller drivers in the OS, and any leftover RAID metadata if the drive came from an enclosure. Run a SMART check (WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic, CrystalDiskInfo or smartctl) to rule out drive faults. As hinted, confirming BIOS version and controller drivers can help; if the board remains flaky, a cheap PCIe SATA controller is a reliable workaround.

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What motherboard and version of BIOS do you have?

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Thanks i already solved the problem!
2/4 SATA connectors are bad on my MotherBoard
switched to another connector it works but i can't create partitions on HDD ))

thanks

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