Does a SATA2 Hard Drive work in a SATA1 Motherboard?

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Does a SATA2 Hard Drive work in a SATA1 Motherboard?

Yeah, can some one help me out with this one?? .. I know it will go slower, But will it work with my motherboard?? .. Ive got a Gigabyte K8NS motherboard and i was planning on getting a Seagate Barracuda 300GB SATA2 300 Hard Drive .. So thanks for your help :)

2006-06-17 07:23:02 · 2 answers · asked by The Fear 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware

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SATA 2 is completely backwards-compatable, however it will slow down to SATA 1 speeds.

2006-06-17 07:29:34 · answer #1 · answered by anubis_3k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Yes, it will work with it but, it will run at the slower SATA 1 speed! I have a Western Digital 250GB SATA 2 running on an ASUS SATA 1 mobo along with an 120GB IDE W D drive.

2006-06-17 11:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋