WD 500 AKS

[danman2k]

Right guys im going to be building a new system after xmas, but one of my HDD just died on me.
I was going to have 1 of the wd 500 aaks in my new system, but as i just lost 1 HDD (old 160gig samsung pata), I was going to buy the WD to put me on until after xmas.
Right my mobo is only sata I not sata II, my question is will the WD still work or do i have to buy a sata I HDD.

i want to order a new hard drive today

the specs of my mobo are MSI K8T Neo (VIA K8T800 chipset)

not sure if there is a jumper on the WD HDD to force it to 150 instead of 300

thanks for the help

danman2k

 

[fobose]

SATA II drives are backwards compatible with SATA, so it will work

 

[danman2k]

ok thankyou for the quick reply

i will order one now, thanks

 

[rpstewart]

not sure if there is a jumper on the WD HDD to force it to 150 instead of 300

The pins are there but you may have to supply the jumper itself

 

[danman2k]

thats ok i have loads of spare laying in my pc kit