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7blades   09-05-2009 at 12:06:40 AM

My workmates computer has the old SATA1 connectors on their motherboard but want me to put a SATA2 HDD in there for them. Is the SATA2 cHDD compatible with SATA1 on the motherboard?

thanks for any help

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grieve   09-05-2009 at 12:21:39 AM
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Yes, they are compatible.. The transfer rate will be that of Sata1.

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godless   09-05-2009 at 12:36:07 AM
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some hard drives will require a jumper to enable sata1.

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7blades   09-05-2009 at 01:25:46 AM
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brilliant, thanks for the help guys :D

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