sata150 300

[Aqa]

will a sata300 drive work on a sata150 ported motherboard?

thanks in advance

rob

 

[JAD]

yes it should be backwards compatable as long as the proper drivers are
installed

 

[johns]

Yes and no. A 300 will have problems with
formatting speeds, even if jumpered to 150.
You should use a quick format. Also, I've
found that a "real" 150 on a 150 mobo runs
much faster than a jumpered 300. I would
try to stick with a 150.

johns

 

[Paul]

Yes and no. A 300 will have problems with
formatting speeds, even if jumpered to 150.
You should use a quick format. Also, I've
found that a "real" 150 on a 150 mobo runs
much faster than a jumpered 300. I would
try to stick with a 150.

johns

Do you have HDTach results ?

Paul

 

[Anna]

will a sata300 drive work on a sata150 ported motherboard?
thanks in advance
rob

rob:
In every situation I've come across where we've installed either a SATA HDD
having a 1.5Gb/sec data interface or a so-called SATA-II HDD (3.0 Gb/sec
data interface) on a motherboard that supports *only* the 1.5Gb/sec data
interface, we have found *no* performance differences existing between the
two types of drives. And we've installed a few score of these SATA drives.

In most (but not all) cases, there was no need to jumper the SATA-II HDD for
1.5Gb/sec operation. In a relatively few cases it was necessary to change
the jumper configuration in order to achieve drive recognition. But in no
case that I've come across had we encountered a situation where superior
performance would have occurred had a SATA HDD with 1.5 Gb/sec been
installed.

"SATA-I" drives are fast disappearing from the market. SATA-II models are
competitive with these older models and indeed in many cases are even
cheaper than the older models. My advice is if you're in the market for a
SATA HDD, purchase one with a 3 Gb/sec data interface.
Anna

 

[johns]

Do you have HDTach results ?

No. But I have reinstalling at least 100 of the
things now, and I guarantee you that if you
replace a 150 with a 300 in an older PC,
the format time of the new partition will
take all night long. A Quick Format will
run normally, or at least only take a few
seconds. Also, on mobos 2 years and
older, a 300 jumpered back to 150 will
take 3 times longer to install than the
original 150 ... and on many systems
like the GA-K8NS, the install will fail
at some point. I simply go get a 150,
and the install runs quickly and the
system works fine. I think SATA technology
improved a lot from the time of the first
GA-K8NS, and also became somewhat
incompatible. Best to keep the 150s in
the 150 specified mobos.

johns

 

[Aqa]

Thanks for sharing your experience everyone. I like to avoid as many
headaches as I can.

 

[johns]

Check the dates on your mobos.

johns

 

[obviously NOT]

will a sata300 drive work on a sata150 ported motherboard?

thanks in advance

rob

Depends on the chipset. western digital sata300 drives will NOT
work with certain VIA chipsets. See the western digital website for
the info spelled out in their own words.