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A question just landed in my in-box, someone who read one of my
contributions somewhere wants to know if his SATA 150 HD will work on his
newly acquired SATA2 only Mobo.

My instinct says that with the suitable motherboard(chipset) driver, it
should work as a SATA 150 drive.

Any objections?


Tony. . .

(I will, of course, instruct the person to be informative of the general
context in the future and to post to the un-named group for everybody's
benefit)

Should work well without any adjustments.
Some SATA 2 drives need to be jumpered to work as SATA 1 drives on older
motherboards.


"Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
news:uxw%...
>A question just landed in my in-box, someone who read one of my
> contributions somewhere wants to know if his SATA 150 HD will work on his
> newly acquired SATA2 only Mobo.
>
> My instinct says that with the suitable motherboard(chipset) driver, it
> should work as a SATA 150 drive.
>
> Any objections?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
> (I will, of course, instruct the person to be informative of the general
> context in the future and to post to the un-named group for everybody's
> benefit)
>
>

One of the requirements of the SATAII spec was backward compatibility.


"Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
news:uxw%...
>A question just landed in my in-box, someone who read one of my
> contributions somewhere wants to know if his SATA 150 HD will work on his
> newly acquired SATA2 only Mobo.
>
> My instinct says that with the suitable motherboard(chipset) driver, it
> should work as a SATA 150 drive.
>
> Any objections?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
> (I will, of course, instruct the person to be informative of the general
> context in the future and to post to the un-named group for everybody's
> benefit)
>
>

O.K. - Thanks!

Good point about the jumper!

Tony. . .


"Dominic Payer" <dominic@dc_p_ayer.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:...
> Should work well without any adjustments.
> Some SATA 2 drives need to be jumpered to work as SATA 1 drives on older
> motherboards.
>
>
> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
> news:uxw%...
> >A question just landed in my in-box, someone who read one of my
> > contributions somewhere wants to know if his SATA 150 HD will work on
his
> > newly acquired SATA2 only Mobo.
> >
> > My instinct says that with the suitable motherboard(chipset) driver, it
> > should work as a SATA 150 drive.
> >
> > Any objections?
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> > (I will, of course, instruct the person to be informative of the general
> > context in the future and to post to the un-named group for everybody's
> > benefit)
> >
> >
>
>

Yes, I did think it was. Being confronted like this, and not recalling the
context I thought it pertinent to put my answer to some public scrutiny.

+, we might be looking forward to a new customer?

Thanks, guys!

Tony. . .


"John Barnes" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> One of the requirements of the SATAII spec was backward compatibility.
>
>
> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
> news:uxw%...
> >A question just landed in my in-box, someone who read one of my
> > contributions somewhere wants to know if his SATA 150 HD will work on
his
> > newly acquired SATA2 only Mobo.
> >
> > My instinct says that with the suitable motherboard(chipset) driver, it
> > should work as a SATA 150 drive.
> >
> > Any objections?
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> > (I will, of course, instruct the person to be informative of the general
> > context in the future and to post to the un-named group for everybody's
> > benefit)
> >
> >
>
>

This is the opposite of what you described. This is to make a new drive
work on an OLD mobo. You described an old drive on a NEW mobo.

"Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
news:...
> O.K. - Thanks!
>
> Good point about the jumper!
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "Dominic Payer" <dominic@dc_p_ayer.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Should work well without any adjustments.
>> Some SATA 2 drives need to be jumpered to work as SATA 1 drives on older
>> motherboards.
>>
>>
>> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
>> news:uxw%...
>> >A question just landed in my in-box, someone who read one of my
>> > contributions somewhere wants to know if his SATA 150 HD will work on
> his
>> > newly acquired SATA2 only Mobo.
>> >
>> > My instinct says that with the suitable motherboard(chipset) driver, it
>> > should work as a SATA 150 drive.
>> >
>> > Any objections?
>> >
>> >
>> > Tony. . .
>> >
>> > (I will, of course, instruct the person to be informative of the
>> > general
>> > context in the future and to post to the un-named group for everybody's
>> > benefit)
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Well. . .actually, I think both are quite new (newish?). Someone trying to
buy competent gear at a good price? What was nice about the jumper is that
it merrits remembering across different situations - your understanding fits
precisely as you expressed it!

Tony. . .


"John Barnes" <> wrote in message
news:...
> This is the opposite of what you described. This is to make a new drive
> work on an OLD mobo. You described an old drive on a NEW mobo.
>
> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > O.K. - Thanks!
> >
> > Good point about the jumper!
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> > "Dominic Payer" <dominic@dc_p_ayer.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> Should work well without any adjustments.
> >> Some SATA 2 drives need to be jumpered to work as SATA 1 drives on
older
> >> motherboards.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
> >> news:uxw%...
> >> >A question just landed in my in-box, someone who read one of my
> >> > contributions somewhere wants to know if his SATA 150 HD will work on
> > his
> >> > newly acquired SATA2 only Mobo.
> >> >
> >> > My instinct says that with the suitable motherboard(chipset) driver,
it
> >> > should work as a SATA 150 drive.
> >> >
> >> > Any objections?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Tony. . .
> >> >
> >> > (I will, of course, instruct the person to be informative of the
> >> > general
> >> > context in the future and to post to the un-named group for
everybody's
> >> > benefit)
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Just for the record, the 'jumper' can be either physical or firmware
(Hitachi has a firmware, Samsung has physical)

"Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
news:%233%...
> Well. . .actually, I think both are quite new (newish?). Someone trying to
> buy competent gear at a good price? What was nice about the jumper is that
> it merrits remembering across different situations - your understanding
> fits
> precisely as you expressed it!
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "John Barnes" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> This is the opposite of what you described. This is to make a new drive
>> work on an OLD mobo. You described an old drive on a NEW mobo.
>>
>> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> > O.K. - Thanks!
>> >
>> > Good point about the jumper!
>> >
>> > Tony. . .
>> >
>> >
>> > "Dominic Payer" <dominic@dc_p_ayer.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>> > news:...
>> >> Should work well without any adjustments.
>> >> Some SATA 2 drives need to be jumpered to work as SATA 1 drives on
> older
>> >> motherboards.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:uxw%...
>> >> >A question just landed in my in-box, someone who read one of my
>> >> > contributions somewhere wants to know if his SATA 150 HD will work
>> >> > on
>> > his
>> >> > newly acquired SATA2 only Mobo.
>> >> >
>> >> > My instinct says that with the suitable motherboard(chipset) driver,
> it
>> >> > should work as a SATA 150 drive.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any objections?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Tony. . .
>> >> >
>> >> > (I will, of course, instruct the person to be informative of the
>> >> > general
>> >> > context in the future and to post to the un-named group for
> everybody's
>> >> > benefit)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Should work fine. You can have some issues with the reverse situation
(SATAII drives on SATAI mobo), but most drives have a jumper (physical or
firmware) to force them to be stupid. In this case, your mobo knows that
there are SATAI drives out there and backwards compatibility is built in.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64


Tony Sperling wrote:
> A question just landed in my in-box, someone who read one of my
> contributions somewhere wants to know if his SATA 150 HD will work on his
> newly acquired SATA2 only Mobo.
>
> My instinct says that with the suitable motherboard(chipset) driver, it
> should work as a SATA 150 drive.
>
> Any objections?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
> (I will, of course, instruct the person to be informative of the general
> context in the future and to post to the un-named group for everybody's
> benefit)

Gee, I've never bumped into one of those. Notebook stuff, perchance?


Tony. . .


"John Barnes" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Just for the record, the 'jumper' can be either physical or firmware
> (Hitachi has a firmware, Samsung has physical)
>
> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
> news:%233%...
> > Well. . .actually, I think both are quite new (newish?). Someone trying
to
> > buy competent gear at a good price? What was nice about the jumper is
that
> > it merrits remembering across different situations - your understanding
> > fits
> > precisely as you expressed it!
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> > "John Barnes" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> This is the opposite of what you described. This is to make a new
drive
> >> work on an OLD mobo. You described an old drive on a NEW mobo.
> >>
> >> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
> >> news:...
> >> > O.K. - Thanks!
> >> >
> >> > Good point about the jumper!
> >> >
> >> > Tony. . .
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Dominic Payer" <dominic@dc_p_ayer.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> > news:...
> >> >> Should work well without any adjustments.
> >> >> Some SATA 2 drives need to be jumpered to work as SATA 1 drives on
> > older
> >> >> motherboards.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
> >> >> news:uxw%...
> >> >> >A question just landed in my in-box, someone who read one of my
> >> >> > contributions somewhere wants to know if his SATA 150 HD will work
> >> >> > on
> >> > his
> >> >> > newly acquired SATA2 only Mobo.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > My instinct says that with the suitable motherboard(chipset)
driver,
> > it
> >> >> > should work as a SATA 150 drive.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Any objections?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Tony. . .
> >> >> >
> >> >> > (I will, of course, instruct the person to be informative of the
> >> >> > general
> >> >> > context in the future and to post to the un-named group for
> > everybody's
> >> >> > benefit)
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>