MalRic
11-23-2005, 10:58 PM
I am thinking about getting a 500GB SATA drive, but my board only supports SATA I and I need to know if I have to have a SATA II board or will the HD be backards compatible? Thanks :confused:
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RamonGTP
11-24-2005, 12:26 AM
SATA II drives will work fine on SATA I boards.
Rocketmech
11-24-2005, 01:40 PM
It depends on if your motherboard supports auto negotiation . Most SATA 2 drives have a jummper to lock the drive at 150 MB/s data transfer rate for that reason . Check with the manufacturers first.
Peter M
11-24-2005, 04:10 PM
SATA II drives will work fine on SATA I boards.
Not necessarily. Some SATA-2 drives expect a link speed negotiation, which most of the SATA-1 interface chips don't perform.
Many of the affected drives do have a configuration jumper to disable negotiation and hardwire to 1.5 Gbit/s mode.
Not necessarily. Some SATA-2 drives expect a link speed negotiation, which most of the SATA-1 interface chips don't perform.
Many of the affected drives do have a configuration jumper to disable negotiation and hardwire to 1.5 Gbit/s mode.
AllGamer
04-26-2006, 04:21 AM
Ahh.. good, finally found this topic again
i was just pondering the same thing :)
yup me going to get 2 of those 500 GB HDD as well (SATA II on SATA 1 mobo)
:t
i was just pondering the same thing :)
yup me going to get 2 of those 500 GB HDD as well (SATA II on SATA 1 mobo)
:t
Peter M
04-26-2006, 02:50 PM
Your answer is right above your question. Buy drives that have the required jumper.
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