I know it was designed to have backwards compatibility, but I have heard that people have had trouble getting it to work.
2007-06-11 06:32:02 · 3 answers · asked by bholstege@sbcglobal.net 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Its true, I had a few SATA-II drives, even with jumpers to set it to SATA-I/150, caused no end of problems, either they dont show at startup, or works a bit then the drive will vanish, the same drives will work perfectly on a SATA-II controller..
But luckyly, most SATA-II will be backward compatiable, just need to do your own research before buying,
2007-06-11 06:37:00 · answer #1 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My western digital 500 gig sata 300 would not work on my computer with sata 150 however it has its own controller cable that comes with it. I dont know if a different drive that used just the generic controller connector would work but that one wouldnt for me.
I have do have a 250 gig sata 300 also thats a seagate, but havent tried it out on the older computer I have both those drives on my newer one so not sure about it.
2007-06-11 06:43:39 · answer #2 · answered by sociald 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The srtandard is supposed to backwards compatible, and for the most part is, however it is plausible to think that some HDs are going to have problems adjusting. Even if it doesn't work you could purchase a PCI or PCI-X HD controller card for around $75 that would support the SATA II standard.
2016-05-17 09:06:09 · answer #3 · answered by lynnette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋