I do apologize if I double posted but I was looking for information on if the Western Digital 2 TB SATA III would work on a GA-P55M-UD2 motherboard?
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The board does not support SATA III, but the specification is backwards compatible with SATA II. So it will work fine but you won't realize the increased speed that SATA III provides. Not really a big deal.
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The unit pictured here appears to be a different one from the one I purchased earlier this year. The unit I purchased has not worked with my SATA DVD Drive. In fact, I have not found any use for it! Very Disappointed! I have a motherboard with two SATA connections and one IDE. I have two SATA HDs and a SATA DVD. I had hoped that I could find some combination of connections that would allow me to use all the drives simultaneously. So far, I must use any two of the drives directly from the motherboard. The adapter I received will not allow BIOS to "see" the third drive in any configuration. If this unit will work in this configuration, I'll buy it. Please let me know your results!! Thanks. john4life The unit pictured here appears to be a different one from the one I purchased earlier this year. The unit I purchased has not worked with my SATA DVD Drive. In fact, I have not found any use for it! Very Disappointed! I have a motherboard with two SATA connections and one IDE. I have two SATA HDs and a SATA DVD. I had hoped that I could find some combination of connections that would allow me to use all the drives simultaneously. So far, I must use any two of the drives directly from the motherboard. The adapter I received will not allow BIOS to "see" the third drive in any... » Read More The unit pictured here appears to be a different one from the one I purchased earlier this year. The unit I purchased has not worked with my SATA DVD Drive. In fact, I have not found any use for it! Very Disappointed! I have a motherboard with two SATA connections and one IDE. I have two SATA HDs and a SATA DVD. I had hoped that I could find some combination of connections that would allow me to use all the drives simultaneously. So far, I must use any two of the drives directly from the motherboard. The adapter I received will not allow BIOS to "see" the third drive in any configuration. If this unit will work in this configuration, I'll buy it. Please let me know your results!! Thanks. john4life « Show Less
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My experience would say yes, what you're asking is certainly possible and that you should also contact Gigabyte and/or provide more info to be sure. In general what you're asking is a common setup. You should check to make sure your mSATA port is SATA 3 also, because I have the feeling it might not be. I'm back because I became curious and did some homework. I foresee no problems and that you'll likely just have to tell it to boot to mSATA in BIOS. It also appears that your mSATA is SATA 2, if that matters to you.
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The motherboard will boot directly to the Crucial M550 512GB SATA M.2 Type 2280 Internal Solid State Drive CT512M550SSD4 and should boot to the Plextor M.2 drive. Judging from the reviews it may not yet be a stable configuration. The Gigabyte M.2 compatibility chart seems pretty out of date as of 2014/10/15. I don't have any information about the PCIe version.
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It's the same connection as a 2tb, it's SATA3, any windows 7 or 8 will compatible, the major spec you have to look is your motherboard, it has to be a uefi compatible board to go beyond the 2tb limit, if it's a recent motherboard it probably is, just check your manufacturer and model to be 100%. Search for: 3tb and uefi motherboards. Hope this helps
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SATA. Brand? Based on it uses a SATA interface, I would go with a brand your familiar with. Western Digital is my #1 choice for most of my things. Or Seagate.
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Yes, the interface is backward compatible with the old format Sata up to 1.5, and should be no problem working at the sata 2 interface speed.
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SATA is backwards compatible so it should be fine. In fact, if you are replacing a plater drive it should be faster even with the 1.5 Gb/sec bottleneck.
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Lots of choices. Pick a mobo that suits your needs (overall size, # of sata ports/usb ports, etc.) and check their website for what cards they accept. also, google "pcpartpicker" for a useful compatibility tool among other things. hope it helps.
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Yes, any SATA drive will work. If you want a detailed list of the tested drives go to the MSI website and look for the MoBo model. You can check at tested compatible CPUs, Memory, HDD, etc
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Yes. Sata 3 drives are backwards compatible with Sata 2 Connections and vice versa. But you'll be capped with Sata 2 speed.
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Will this work with a sata drive bay? Does it need to connect directly to a motherboard?
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I have 4 Western Digital Red 3TB drives in mine. It has been running non-stop since I bought it. The best investment I've made in computer hardware in long time. Segate and Western digital will both work in it. Not sure if differnt size drives will work though.
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Dan, I am successfully using a Western Digital Red 3TB Sata III drive in my IX2 without any issues at all!
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Hmm... I personally don't know this either (I too would like to know -- in case anyone has tested it out). However, the product picture show the "SERIAL ATA" logo with "1.5Gb/s" below it -- making me believe it is not SATA 3Gb/s or SATA 6Gb/s. I am looking for one that supports 3Gb/s.
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SATA 3 should be backward compatible. I use this to clone SATA drives. Contact StarTech.com to be sure.
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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