Sata II backwards compaitble?

willd58 · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:09

Is Sata II backwards compaitble with Sata, because i accidently bought one and my mobo doesnt support it apprently, K8n Neo platinum socket 754 one, iv tried it in there and the computer just doesnt boot, is there any advice for this, or am i guna have to RMA?

willd58 · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:56

Its the Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB. The K8N board is having real problems with it though, doesnt work even when i put the jumper on to make it into 1.5 mode.

willd58 · 25 Feb 2006 at 02:15

Um, im trying to put the hard drive in as a second HD, i allready have a harddrive on Sata 1 on my mobo that has windows on it, when i put the other drive in it windows doesnt boot, you think i should try formatting the new HD without the old HD in useing the windows CP CD or something, or am i missing something here?

willd58 · 25 Feb 2006 at 18:07

I tried this, i even tried switching sata cables, the problem is windows wont boot if the new hard drive is plugged in, bios wont come up when its in either, no matter which sata slot its in. This is really confusing me.