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Plug a Sata 150 hard drive into a Sata 300 controller

A2007 · 2008-01-21 14:11:13

Hi, I want to buy a 10,000 rpm hard drive. The hard drive is Sata I. My on board controller is Sata II / 300. Is it possible to plug a SATA I device into a Sata II controller? If any one knows the answer, I would appreciate your help :) cheers, Aiden

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21-01-2008 3:11pm

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A2007

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Hi,

I want to buy a 10,000 rpm hard drive. The hard drive is Sata I. My on board controller is Sata II / 300. Is it possible to plug a SATA I device into a Sata II controller?

If any one knows the answer, I would appreciate your help

cheers,

Aiden

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#2 21-01-2008 4:28pm
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There are no issues with plugging 150meg Sata drives into Sata 2 ports.

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#3 21-01-2008 4:50pm
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You may miss out on some features like tagging, hot-plugging, but these are dependent on specific hard-drive, firmware and controller combinations.

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#4 21-01-2008 5:31pm
Anti

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in other words, yes it will be fine.

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#5 21-01-2008 11:49pm
A2007

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Lads,

Thanks for you help. I found the motherboard manual and SATA II is indeed backward compatiable.

cheers,

A

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