SATA 3.o compatible with SATA 1.5 ports?. Just what the title says. I'm running on an Socket A board and i need more storage. 450GB isn't enough, and i'm going to buy a 500GB SATA since both my IDE's are used up and i'm already using 1 of 2 SATA ports. I...

when I go to install windows 7. I don't think it's a SATA drivers controller issue because I'm able to install to the old drive no problems. I thought SATA was backwards compatible? Also, I went to the restore options on the windows 7 install and it showed...

the former Sata interface, and seem to only support Sata300 (Or SataII, which ever you prefer). I've read Sata2 is backwards compatible on some mobo's, I guess I'll just go for the purchase, and worry later :-/ It should be backwards compatible all the time....

Adding second HDD to old machine with both PATA and SATA connections. OK, so one of my computers is an old machine with an Elitegroup 865G-M motherboard, which has a PATA interface but also two plugs for SATA devices. The original system came with a 160GB PATA-100...

it. 2. Match the advertised cable designation to the drive you have. 3. Always buy cables designated as "SATA II" (backwards compatibility). um troll? The governing group SATA-IO has made only one SATA cable specification. All SATA cables regardless of...

for using SATA II drives in a SATA I host, I've never tried it personally, but theoretically the SATA standard is backwards compatible. I've done the opposite with no problem, SATA I drives work just fine in SATA II ports. that makes sense - I've noticed...

I asked this question to the community before, and got a reply that on the newer drives it is backwards compatible. The older drives (when SATA2 just became available) mentioned if they where or not backwards compatible. You should be able to connect SATA...

Raptor is currently the fastest - and best - S-ATA drive out there, but it is only to be used in systems with dedicated S-ATA ports. A S-ATA interface is backwards compatible with IDE, but you cannot make a bog-standard IDE interface forward compatible with...

and their website for support works. Just not sure how much more support they can provide beyond the website. Thanks to both. Yes Abit not Asus and yes ATA/100, no SATA. Is an ATA 300 backwards compatible with ATA/100? Near as I can tell, there is no ATA...