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graysky   08-12-2006 at 12:35:01 PM

I have an old ASUS A7N8XE deluxe MB (on board SATA 1.5) and want to purchase a drive that I can use in a new machine if I end up building one in the future. If I get a new SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) rated HD, will it work w/ this board? Did the interface change (i.e. is a new connector needed) between the SATA and SATA II?

I have to think the answer is yes, but I have no idea!

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The_Prophecy   08-12-2006 at 10:54:11 PM
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I am going to stick with wusy on this one..... google it. The one bit of info I will give you though, is that the cables and connectors for both SATA1 and SATA2 drives are the same. As for making the SATA2 drive work on the older interface, i'll let you figure that out for yourself.

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seth444   08-25-2006 at 12:02:33 AM
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I was googling this very subject and guess what the first page listed happened to be... yep, this one. :lol: ironic and hilarious at the same time.

Google did provide me with the answer. Unfortunately, Wikipedia failed to provide the answer within their article on SATA. They are usually pretty detailed.

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