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518222 2007-01-22 05:02:00 Quick question - is a SATA-II (300MB/S) HDD compatible with a SATA-I (150MB/S) connector/interface? It seems that there aren't as many SATA-I drives around as SATA-II, and I don't want to end up with a dud.

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Lizard
Lizard (2409)
518223 2007-01-22 05:04:00 SATA 2 should work on SATA 1 systems.

There's a jumper or something on the hdd u haveta switch over. It just wont run at SATA 2 speed.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
518224 2007-01-22 05:15:00 Thanks Speedy! :D Lizard (2409)
518225 2007-01-22 05:17:00 No worries ! :) Speedy Gonzales (78)
518226 2007-01-22 06:11:00 All the Seagate SATA2 HDD's I've been getting lately have the jumper set to 1.5GB/s (SATA1) by default. You have to change the jumper to make it SATA2 or 3GB/s.
I would think that most brands would be like this.
CYaBro (73)
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