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Xaroxantu Zero
03-14-2006, 12:31 AM
I was wondering if SATA II hard drives are compatible with motherboards that only supports SATA. I couldn't find any information about it.
Vagabond142
03-14-2006, 12:54 AM
I am 90% sure that SATAII are backwards compatible
BerserkerCatSplat
03-14-2006, 02:16 AM
I believe it's like USB 1.1/2.0 - It'll work, but crippled.
Edit: Come to think of it, your VNF4U mobo supports SATAII anyway, Terence. Why do you ask?
Xaroxantu Zero
03-14-2006, 10:17 AM
I'm not fully certain whether my mobo is actually the Ultra edition or not, which is why I'm making sure that SATA II HDDs are backward compatible.
Shrad
03-16-2006, 02:17 PM
SATAII basically does nothing for sustained read/write performance. The quoted 300MB/s is a theoretical rate, even a WD Raptor won't make use of the 300MB/s.
But yes, it's 100% backwards compatible.
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