SATA question?

[Admiral Huddy]

250 Gb HGST (IBM/Hitachi) Deskstar T7K250, SATA300


There appears to be a lack of SATA I drives around. I have a SATA I drive that needs replacing "like-for-like". I take it these particular drives are backward compatable?

Thanks

Admiral

 

[BillytheImpaler]

An SATA 2 drive will have a wee jumper on the back to set it into compatibility mode with SATA 1. The SATA 2 spec is backwards compatible in this regard.

EDIT: You should definitely consider Seagate's 7200.10 250 GiB disk. I have the 320 GiB version and it's fantastic; quiet, cool, and fast.

 

[rpstewart]

The Hitachis don't have a jumper, they come from the factory set to SATA1 with SATA2 features being enabled using the Drive Feature Tool software.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Very well. The important this for the good Admiral is that the spec is backwards compatible so he can purchase drives at will and expect them to work.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Cheer guys, just checking before a buy for a customer.

 

[ZUTON]

So whats the difference between Sata 1 & 2 if any

 

[rpstewart]

Whacking great big sticky at the top of the forum!

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17504457

 

[dalex]

just had same issue and bought a 160 gb western digital, but as it was oem it did not have the jumper to use so i had to make a jumper ,so check the jumper is included when you buy it
dave

 

[beast]

Thank god I didn't just go and ask what the difference was between SATA 1 and 2 then