Is SATA II an interface different from SATA?
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Yes,,,, but they will still work. If your motherboard will operate in sata 2 then your SATA 2 hard drive and SATA 2 motherboard will be fast. But if your motherboard is sata 1 and your hard drive is SATA 2 or SATA 3,,,,, it will only run as fast as SATA 1 . If that makes any sense.but they will work. They are compatible
1504548
SATA, SATA2 and SATA3 all have the same physical pin layout. Each version represents the next level in serial ATA throughput. You can plug in a SATA 2 drive into a SATA port on a computer and it will run at SATA speed.
1504549
SATA 2 is capable of reaching 300MB per second throughput while SATA is only capable of 150MB per second, twice as fast. Although SATA 2 is much faster compared to SATA, we must understand that this is only the maximum speed of the interface and not the hard drives themselves. Conventional hard drives are not able to utilize the maximum speed of even the original SATA interface.
2170368
This drive has a SATA interface, I don't know if you might be able to get an adapter.
631212
Your answer to both is yes because SATA is Serial ATA drive. Happy hunting.
1282387
sata is sata, doesn't matter if it is sata3 or sata2, all those only matter to things like hard drive that needs that much bandwidth to start with. sata3 is over kill, hdd can't function up to that speed anyways, unless you are connecting to a high end SSD.
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I don't see why not:quote from SanDisk site (applies to all SATA):SATA II specifications provide backward compatibility to function on SATA I ports. SATA III specifications provide backward compatibility to function on SATA I and SATA II ports. However, the maximum speed of the drive will be slower due to the lower speed limitations of the port.
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Sata III is backward compatible with SATA II and I. As is SATA II backward compatible to SATA I. But SATA I cannot run a SATA II or III drive. But i'm assuming this is the answer you were looking for as your question was a bit vague.
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It should be fine. SATA II drives are supposed to be backward compatible with first-generation SATA motherboards. There are a few exceptions to the automatic adjustment, but WD has a fix for that involving a jumper on the HDD: http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1337
1330290
Yes, the Interface card has connectors on it that accept standard SATA drives for power and SATA connector
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See: http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8142/~/difference-between-sata-i,-sata-ii-and-sata-iii "SATA III specifications provide backward compatibility to function on SATA I and SATA II ports. However, the maximum speed of the drive will be slower due to the lower speed limitations of the port." SATA II drive speed is 3GB/s, so you won't get the full SATA III speed throughput by using this cable.
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As Richard says, it is supposed to work but in my experience it does not even for SATA II. For SATA III, if it worked at all and that is very unlikely, it will be so slow, you might as well write the data by hand.
2136363
To be honest with you, IDE to SATA 3 - why? That IDE interface is sooooooo slow it would bottle neck the speed poential of this SSD drastically. I question SATA1 being used with SSD. Time to upgrade the PC.
1811846
Depends upon your OS. Most new OS can handle it. You also need a certain sort of connector to a motherboard that handles the SATA spec.
1839586
It is not SATA technology. It is PATA or EIDE. I bought this for my older computer that still works great but these drives are no longer available in local stores.
130193
Not 100% sure but SATA III (revision 3.x) interface, formally known as SATA 6Gb/s, is a third generation SATA interface running at 6.0Gb/s. The bandwidth throughput, which is supported by the interface, is up to 600MB/s. This interface is backwards compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s interface. This particular device claims a transfer rate up to 480Mbps, leading me to believe its a III
333923
all sata 3 drives are compatible with sata 2 interfaces, so yes it should work
2221729
I do not know. Tom's Hardware says that SATA III only mkea a difference with SDD drives. If that is tru you will not see any difference with a SATA II enclosure. SATA II enclosures are hard to find.
1989336
It does not. It is not even sata compatible. It connects into use port on main board