SATA and SATA II

Joe 90 · 03-10-2007, 20:45

Right, quick question...

i've not been 'into' all this new tech for a while now so just wondered if i was to buy a SATA II hdd would it work on my 'old skool' SATA mobo?
when i pull up hdds on ebuyer there seems a lot of SATA IIs and not yet seen a SATA hdd

Mark · 03-10-2007, 21:19

SATA 1.5Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s

SATA is designed to be backwards and forwards compatible with future revisions of the SATA standard.[8]
According to the hard drive manufacturer Maxtor, motherboard host controllers using the VIA and SIS chipsets VT8237, VT8237R, VT6420, VT6421L, SIS760, SIS964 found on the ECS 755-A2 which was manufactured in 2003, do not support SATA 3Gb/s drives. To address interoperability problems, the largest hard drive manufacturer Seagate/Maxtor have added a user-accessible jumper-switch known as the Force 150, to switch between 150 MB/s and 300 MB/s operation.[2] Users with a SATA 1.5Gb/s motherboard with one of the listed chipsets should either buy an ordinary SATA 1.5Gb/s hard disk, buy a SATA 3Gb/s hard disk with the user-accessible jumper, or buy a PCI or PCI-E card to add full SATA 3Gb/s capability and compatibility. Western Digital uses jumper setting called "OPT1 Enabled" to force 150 MB/s data transfer speed.

From Wikipedia

Admiral Huddy · 04-10-2007, 10:15

Just to add to the Wikipedia comment.. Some SATAII drives will automatically detect and enable 3Gb/s transfer speed, the Sumsung Spinpoint for example.. Some need you to run some software, such as the IBM/Hitachi drives. These require you to run their feature tool to run at 3Gb/s.

Joe 90 · 04-10-2007, 15:27

cheers guys

Steeps · 04-10-2007, 18:59

Got 2 samsung 500's on a 754 msi motherboard running very well, could see in bios from first boot without needing anything extra.

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03-10-2007, 21:19	#2
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	SATA 1.5Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s SATA is designed to be backwards and forwards compatible with future revisions of the SATA standard.[8] According to the hard drive manufacturer Maxtor, motherboard host controllers using the VIA and SIS chipsets VT8237, VT8237R, VT6420, VT6421L, SIS760, SIS964 found on the ECS 755-A2 which was manufactured in 2003, do not support SATA 3Gb/s drives. To address interoperability problems, the largest hard drive manufacturer Seagate/Maxtor have added a user-accessible jumper-switch known as the Force 150, to switch between 150 MB/s and 300 MB/s operation.[2] Users with a SATA 1.5Gb/s motherboard with one of the listed chipsets should either buy an ordinary SATA 1.5Gb/s hard disk, buy a SATA 3Gb/s hard disk with the user-accessible jumper, or buy a PCI or PCI-E card to add full SATA 3Gb/s capability and compatibility. Western Digital uses jumper setting called "OPT1 Enabled" to force 150 MB/s data transfer speed. From Wikipedia