sata 2/3 on sata 150?

[smokedyou911]

Would sata 2 or 3 drives for with my mobo that supports ide and sata 150?

 

[Guest]

Most likely unless there are compatibility issues with your SATA controller. The SATA specs are fully backward compatible with the older generation technology. I have heard that some of the VIA/SIS/NFORCE chipsets may have compatibility problems with newer generation SATA devices but likely those would be driver or bios fixable. Best bet would be to let us know more of your system specifications for a more definitive answer.

 

[smokedyou911]

I have a intel d865perl that supports sata, but it seems like just sata 150 according to intel's site. I have a sata 150 80gb drive right now, but I wish to add a 2nd hdd.

http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/d865perl/index.htm

Full specs:
Intel p4 ht 3ghz
intel d865perl mobo
asus nvidia geforce 7600gs
seagate sata 150 80gb hd
1 gig of ram (2x512mb)
generic case
300w psu

Thanks for the help!

 

[Guest]

Should be no worries there as Intel sticks with the specs.

 

[g-paw]

Sometimes you have to change the jumper settings but the mfg website should give you the info you need

 

[smokedyou911]

SO the sata 2 or 3 drive would run fine?

 

[flasher702]

there's no such thing as a SATA 1 or SATA 2 "device" There is a SATA 1.0 and SATA 2.0 spec though but 2.0 is all extensions not a generational change. Where on earth are you getting "3"? *confused*

The speed negotiation is supposed to be fully backwards compatible at both the host and device so a 300mBps drive should work fine on a 150mBps controller but some of the early controllers did have issues. Many 300mBps SATA drives don't even have jumpers (SATA drive jumpers are not spec compliant).

I wouldn't worry about it too much if I were you. It should work.

 

[smokedyou911]

On alot of the sites they use sata 300 or sata 3. Thanks for the help, I should have that 300gb hd soon .

 

[Guest]

SO the sata 2 or 3 drive would run fine?

As long as the physical cable connection doesn't change, newer hard drives should work on an older first gen SATA controller. You just won't be able to take advantage of the new features/benefits such as NCQ (Native Command Queing).

Flasher702 -- SATA III (Google it) will be 600Mb/s throughput as opposed to SATA II of 300Mb/s and SATA I at 150Mb/s. SATA 3 is still in final development and according to the last thing I read was to be released at the end of 2007 to early 2008.

 

[smokedyou911]

ahh ok thanks so much!