sata newbie

stopthekilling77 · Post by **stopthekilling77** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:29 am

this board: ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

"SATA 3Gb/s:
4 x Internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s
1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s"

this harddrive:
Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB

mobo has SATA vs. the Raptor having Serial ATA150

compatibility problem? i'm so lost

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:18 am

Far as I know (and some one double check me) you can put a sata150 drive on a 3gbs connection but not the other way around.

liqnit · Post by **liqnit** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:32 pm

I worked with the WD Raptor on all kinds of SATA2 boards no problem there.

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:07 am

Did some more looking last night. It looks like you can use the sata150 (sata I) drive on a sata3.0 (sata II) connection. This is due to the fact that sata was designed to be backward and forward compatible; but when you put a sata II drive on a sata I port but you have to have a jumper setting on the device set so it knows how to talk to board.

KnightRid · Post by **KnightRid** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:57 am

bubba wrote:Did some more looking last night. It looks like you can use the sata150 (sata I) drive on a sata3.0 (sata II) connection. This is due to the fact that sata was designed to be backward and forward compatible; but when you put a sata II drive on a sata I port but you have to have a jumper setting on the device set so it knows how to talk to board.

Exactly - sataI will work on sata2 with nothign done, sata2 will work on sata1 with a change of the jumpers on the drive. I dont think they have an auto sensing one yet.

Mike

I like sata for the nice small cable.

I never noticed a speed increase over ide.

I do NOT like sata when it uses cables without clips at the end to hold it in. I have had cables fall off already

stopthekilling77 · Post by **stopthekilling77** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:33 am

plug the raptor in and it'll be just fine? saweeet!

man that had me a little worried! i'll just remember to get a jumper if i have to dig out a sata1 board though, thanks guys!

top · Post by **top** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:28 am

stopthekilling77 wrote:man that had me a little worried! i'll just remember to get a jumper if i have to dig out a sata1 board though, thanks guys!

No need. The WD Raptor series HD's are still SATA 1 (SATA 150), unless you will be using an SATA II HD.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:33 am

haven't used a jumper in a long time... the joys of SATA

stopthekilling77 · Post by **stopthekilling77** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:59 am

i'm a little groggy today, didnt mean to say jumper. ugh. still thanks for the info and all that! new thread here: http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopi ... 5367#75367

please look!

DaIceMan · Post by **DaIceMan** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:56 pm

that's the mobo I have, works like a charm.

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