If a motherboard specifies the following would I still be able to use a 300GB SATA 1.5Gb/s drive in it?
Here are the specs from the mobo:
Storage Devices:
PATA 1 x ATA100 up to 2 Devices
SATA 3Gb/s 6
SATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1/5 JBOD
Appreciate your assistance on this question. Thanks
2007-05-03 10:58:23 · 6 answers · asked by Im2hard2please 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Sata is backwards compatible, so running 1.5 is fine on a mobo equipped for 3.0. Vice versa is fine but not maximized... maximum speed read/write is 1.5 so putting in a 3.0 will still get you only 1.5.
2007-05-03 18:57:03 · answer #1 · answered by BBQ & Beer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-17 03:20:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but a 3Gb/s drive, with appropriate cables, would work faster and might even be cheaper. (I saw a 1.5Gb/s drive on NewEgg for $99.99, and a 400GB 3Gb/s drive by the same company for $99.99.) A 3Gb/s drive would also work with a 1.5Gb/s motherboard.
2007-05-03 11:10:26 · answer #3 · answered by EdrickV 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some SATA-II HDD drives have the jumper setting, whcih enables them to be used at SATA ports. It is the same jumper that is used for master slave adjustment in IDE drives.
2007-05-09 20:46:50 · answer #4 · answered by mosmorumsu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes u can use it and u will notice almost no speed difference between a 300 and 150 trust me ... the harddrive cant physically saturate the sata bus either way ...
2007-05-03 11:07:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You would just get faster data transfers if you got a 3Gb/s drive.
2007-05-03 11:04:06 · answer #6 · answered by Simon T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋